Third Division Table 1988/89

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	26	14	6	96	49	+47	92
2	Sheffield United	46	25	9	12	93	54	+39	84
3	Port Vale	46	24	12	10	78	48	+30	84
4	Fulham	46	22	9	15	69	67	+2	75
5	Bristol Rovers	46	19	17	10	67	51	+16	74
6	Preston North End	46	19	15	12	79	60	+19	72
7	Brentford	46	18	14	14	66	61	+5	68
8	Chester City	46	19	11	16	64	61	+3	68
9	Notts County	46	18	13	15	64	54	+10	67
10	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	16	14	58	54	+4	64
11	Bristol City	46	18	9	19	53	55	-2	63
12	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	51	53	-2	61
13	Bury	46	16	13	17	55	67	-12	61
14	Huddersfield Town	46	17	9	20	63	73	-10	60
15	Mansfield Town	46	14	17	15	48	52	-4	59
16	Cardiff City	46	14	15	17	44	56	-12	57
17	Wigan Athletic	46	14	14	18	55	53	+2	56
18	Reading	46	15	11	20	68	72	-4	56
19	Blackpool	46	14	13	19	56	59	-3	55
20	Northampton Town	46	16	6	24	66	76	-10	54
21	Southend United	46	13	15	18	56	75	-19	54
22	Chesterfield	46	14	7	25	51	86	-35	49
23	Gillingham	46	12	4	30	47	81	-34	40
24	Aldershot	46	8	13	25	48	78	-30	37