DIVISION 3    1982/83
      P W D L F A Pts
  Leading goalscorer:
Kerry Dixon (Reading)
 26  goals
  1 Portsmouth 46 27 10 9 74 41 91 Promoted
    2 Cardiff City 46 25 11 10 76 50 86 Promoted
    3 Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 84 49 82 Promoted
    4 Newport County 46 23 9 14 76 54 78
    5 Oxford United 46 22 12 12 71 53 78
    6 Lincoln City 46 23 7 16 77 51 76
    7 Bristol Rovers 46 22 9 15 84 58 75
    8 Plymouth Argyle 46 19 8 19 61 66 65
    9 Brentford 46 18 10 18 88 77 64
    10 Walsall 46 17 13 16 64 63 64
      11 Sheffield United 46 19 7 20 62 64 64
      12 Bradford City 46 16 13 17 68 69 61
      13 Gillingham 46 16 13 17 58 59 61
      14 Bournemouth 46 16 13 17 59 68 61
      15 Southend United 46 15 14 17 66 65 59
      16 Preston North End 46 15 13 18 60 69 58
      17 Millwall 46 14 13 19 64 77 55
      18 Wigan Athletic 46 15 9 22 60 72 54
      19 Exeter City 46 14 12 20 81 104 54
      20 Orient 46 15 9 22 64 88 54
      21 Reading 46 12 17 17 64 79 53 Relegated
      22 Wrexham 46 12 15 19 56 76 51 Relegated
      23 Doncaster Rovers 46 9 11 26 57 97 38 Relegated
      24 Chesterfield 46 8 13 25 43 68 37 Relegated