English Second Division 1948/1949
Historical league standings at 1st September 1948
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2.67 |
| 2 | Bradford Park Avenue | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2.67 |
| 3 | Southampton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2.67 |
| 4 | Fulham | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2.25 |
| 5 | Bury | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1.75 |
| 7 | Leeds United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1.40 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1.20 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1.10 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Chesterfield | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 14 | Barnsley | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.71 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0.67 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0.63 |
| 17 | Brentford | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0.57 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0.50 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0.64 |
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0.17 |
