English Second Division 1949/1950
Historical league standings at 3rd September 1949
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2.60 |
| 2 | West Ham United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1.38 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1.83 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1.75 |
| 6 | Swansea Town | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1.50 |
| 7 | Hull City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1.18 |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1.33 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1.40 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1.20 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1.13 |
| 12 | Sheffield United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1.13 |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0.75 |
| 15 | Barnsley | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0.86 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0.67 |
| 17 | Bradford Park Avenue | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0.62 |
| 18 | Southampton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0.56 |
| 20 | Brentford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0.55 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0.17 |
| 22 | Bury | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0.56 |
