English Third Division (South) 1948/1949
Historical league standings at 30th August 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 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 5.33 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Exeter City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4.50 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Bournemouth & Bosc. Ath. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0.67 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2.50 |
| 7 | Swansea Town | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 8 | Notts. County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1.75 |
| 9 | Millwall | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 11 | Watford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1.20 |
| 12 | Southend United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Walsall | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 14 | Torquay United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.71 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 |
| 16 | Reading | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 17 | Norwich City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.57 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0.55 |
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0.43 |
| 20 | Newport County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0.44 |
| 21 | Aldershot | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.29 |
| 22 | Northampton Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.20 |
