1970's◄ English Football Tier 2 ►1990's
English Football - League Positions - 1980'S
| Tier 2 - FL 2nd Division (from 1892/93) |
Finishing League Positions - Tier 2
|
Club |
79/80 | 80/81 | 81/82 | 82/83 | 83/84 | 84/85 | 85/86 | 86/87 | 87/88 | 88/89 |
| AFC Bournemouth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | 12th |
| Aston Villa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | - |
| Barnsley | - | - | 6th | 10th | 14th | 11th | 12th | 11th | 14th | 7th |
| Birmingham City | 3rd | - | - | - | - | 2nd | - | 19th | 19th | 23rd |
| Blackburn Rovers | - | 4th | 10th | 11th | 6th | 5th | 19th | 12th | 5th | 5th |
| Bolton Wanderers | - | 18th | 19th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bradford City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 10th | 4th | 14th |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | - | - | - | - | 9th | 6th | 11th | 22nd | - | 19th |
| Bristol City | - | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bristol Rovers | 19th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burnley | 21st | - | - | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cambridge United | 8th | 13th | 14th | 12th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cardiff City | 15th | 19th | 20th | - | 15th | 21st | - | - | - | - |
| Carlisle United | - | - | - | 14th | 7th | 16th | 20th | - | - | - |
| Charlton Athletic | 22nd | - | 13th | 17th | 13th | 17th | 2nd | - | - | - |
| Chelsea | 4th | 12th | 12th | 18th | 1st | - | - | - | - | 1st |
| Crystal Palace | - | - | 15th | 15th | 18th | 15th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 3rd |
| Derby County | - | 6th | 16th | 13th | 20th | - | - | 1st | - | - |
| Fulham | 20th | - | - | 4th | 11th | 9th | 22nd | - | - | - |
| Grimsby Town | - | 7th | 17th | 19th | 5th | 10th | 15th | 21st | - | - |
| Huddersfield Town | - | - | - | - | 12th | 13th | 16th | 17th | 23rd | - |
| Hull City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 14th | 15th | 21st |
| Ipswich Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 8th | 8th |
| Leeds United | - | - | - | 8th | 10th | 7th | 14th | 4th | 7th | 10th |
| Leicester City | 1st | - | 8th | 3rd | - | - | - | - | 13th | 15th |
| Luton Town | 6th | 5th | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manchester City | - | - | - | - | 4th | 3rd | - | - | 9th | 2nd |
| Middlesbrough | - | - | - | 16th | 17th | 19th | 21st | - | 3rd | - |
| Millwall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | 16th | 1st | - |
| Newcastle United | 9th | 11th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norwich City | - | - | 3rd | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - |
| Notts County | 17th | 2nd | - | - | - | 20th | - | - | - | - |
| Oldham Athletic | 11th | 15th | 11th | 7th | 19th | 14th | 8th | 3rd | 10th | 16th |
| Orient | 14th | 17th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oxford United | - | - | - | - | - | 1st | - | - | - | 17th |
| Plymouth Argyle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 16th | 18th |
| Portsmouth | - | - | - | - | 16th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | - | 20th |
| Preston North End | 10th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Queens Park Rangers | 5th | 8th | 5th | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reading | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 22nd | - |
| Rotherham United | - | - | 7th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sheffield United | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | 7th | 9th | 21st | - |
| Sheffield Wednesday | - | 10th | 4th | 6th | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shrewsbury Town | 13th | 14th | 18th | 9th | 8th | 8th | 17th | 18th | 18th | 22nd |
| Stoke City | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | 8th | 11th | 13th |
| Sunderland | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | 20th | - | 11th |
| Swansea City | 12th | 3rd | - | - | 21st | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swindon Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 6th |
| Walsall | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24th |
| Watford | 18th | 9th | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th |
| West Bromwich Albion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | 20th | 9th |
| West Ham United | 7th | 1st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | - | - | - | 2nd | - | 22nd | - | - | - | - |
| Wimbledon | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 3rd | - | - | - |
| Wrexham | 16th | 16th | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1970's◄ English Football Tier 2 ►1990's