Football League Third Division South  1928/29

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GA Pts Notes
1st  Charlton Athletic 42 23 8 11 86 60 1.433 54 ▲Champions
2nd  Crystal Palace 42 23 8 11 81 67 1.209 54 Runners Up
3rd  Northampton Town 42 20 12 10 96 57 1.684 52 -
4th  Plymouth Argyle 42 20 12 10 83 51 1.627 52 -
5th  Fulham 42 21 10 11 101 71 1.423 52 -
6th  Queens Park Rangers 42 19 14 9 82 61 1.344 52 -
7th  Luton Town 42 19 11 12 89 73 1.219 49 -
8th  Watford 42 19 10 13 79 74 1.068 48 -
9th  Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic 42 19 9 14 84 77 1.091 47 -
10th  Swindon Town 42 15 13 14 75 72 1.042 43 -
11th  Coventry City 42 14 14 14 62 57 1.088 42 -
12th  Southend United 42 15 11 16 80 75 1.067 41 -
13th  Brentford 42 14 10 18 56 60 0.933 38 -
14th  Walsall 42 13 12 17 73 79 0.924 38 -
15th  Brighton & Hove Albion 42 16 6 20 58 76 0.763 38 -
16th  Newport County 42 13 9 20 69 86 0.802 35 -
17th  Norwich City 42 14 6 22 69 81 0.852 34 -
18th  Torquay United 42 14 6 22 66 84 0.786 34 -
19th  Bristol Rovers 42 13 7 22 60 79 0.759 33 -
20th  Merthyr Town 42 11 8 23 55 103 0.534 30 -
21st  Exeter City 42 9 11 22 67 88 0.761 29 Re Elected
22nd  Gillingham 42 10 9 23 43 83 0.518 29 Re Elected

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Election for League Membership

The bottom two clubs were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for League membership by 5 non- league clubs.
Votes Club End Result
42 Exeter City Re Elected to the League
35 Gillingham Re Elected to the League
6 Argonauts Not Elected to the League
5 Aldershot Town Not Elected to the League
1 Kettering Town Not Elected to the League
1 Thames Association Not Elected to the League
0 Llanelly Not Elected to the League

 

End of Season Notes

 Clapton Orient were Relegated from the Football League Second Division

 ▲Charlton Athletic were Promoted to the Football League Second Division

 - Exeter City were Re-Elected to the League

 - Gillingham were Re-Elected to the League