Div 3 League Table
Season 1979-80 | Pos | Team | Plyd | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Pts |
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| 1 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 42 | 31 | 62 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 36 | 22 | 59 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 81 | 47 | 34 | 58 |
| 4 | Chesterfield | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 46 | 25 | 57 |
| 5 | Colchester United | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 56 | 8 | 52 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 56 | 10 | 48 |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 66 | 65 | 1 | 48 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 68 | -8 | 48 |
| 9 | Chester | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 57 | -8 | 47 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 71 | 63 | 8 | 46 |
| 11 | Barnsley | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 53 | 56 | -3 | 46 |
| 12 | Sheffield United | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 60 | 66 | -6 | 46 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 58 | 66 | -8 | 46 |
| 14 | Millwall | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 65 | 59 | 6 | 45 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 59 | 55 | 4 | 44 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 49 | 51 | -2 | 42 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 57 | 62 | -5 | 41 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 62 | 74 | -12 | 41 |
| 19 | Brentford | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 59 | 73 | -14 | 41 |
| 20 | Hull City | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 51 | 69 | -18 | 40 |
| 21 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 59 | -14 | 39 |
| 22 | Southend United | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 47 | 58 | -11 | 38 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 47 | 58 | -11 | 36 |
| 24 | Wimbledon | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 52 | 81 | -29 | 34 |