DIVISION 3 (North)   1949/50
							P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
	Leading goalscorer: Peter Doherty (Doncaster Rovers) &  Reg Phillips  (Crewe Alexandra)   26  goals			1		Doncaster Rovers	42	19	17	6	66	38	55
				2		Gateshead	42	23	7	12	87	54	53
				3		Rochdale	42	21	9	12	68	41	51
				4		Lincoln City	42	21	9	12	60	39	51
				5		Tranmere Rovers	42	19	11	12	51	48	49
				6		Rotherham United	42	19	10	13	80	59	48
				7		Crewe Alexandra	42	17	14	11	68	55	48
				8		Mansfield Town	42	18	12	12	66	54	48
				9		Carlisle United	42	16	15	11	68	51	47
				10		Stockport County	42	19	7	16	55	52	45
				11		Oldham Athletic	42	16	11	15	58	63	43
				12		Chester	42	17	6	19	70	79	40
				13		Accrington Stanley	42	16	7	19	57	62	39
				14		New Brighton	42	14	10	18	45	63	38
				15		Barrow	42	14	9	19	47	53	37
				16		Southport	42	12	13	17	51	71	37
				17		Darlington	42	11	13	18	56	69	35
				18		Hartlepools United	42	14	5	23	52	79	33
				19		Bradford City	42	12	8	22	61	76	32
				20		Wrexham	42	10	12	20	39	54	32
				21		Halifax Town	42	12	8	22	58	85	32
				22		York City	42	9	13	20	52	70	31
						R Halifax and York were re-elected without a vote. Two clubs were added to each of the Third Divisions and the voting process was devoted to deciding on the clubs who were to join the League. Voting for the Northern entrants -
						30 votes Shrewsbury Town Elected to the League 19 Wigan Athletic To second vote 19 Workington To second vote 17 Scunthorpe United To second vote 11 Nelson To second vote 1 Northwich Victoria Not elected to the League 1 South Liverpool Not elected to the League 0 Ashington Not elected to the League 0 North Shields Not elected to the League Second vote - 15 votes Scunthorpe United To third vote 15 Wigan Athletic To third vote 14 Workington To third vote 5 Nelson Not elected to the League Third vote - 30 votes Scunthorpe United Elected to the League 18 Wigan Athletic Not elected to the League 1 Workington Not elected to the League