English Second Division 1970/1971
Historical league standings at 22nd August 1970
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0.86 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Orient | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 5 | Hull City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.25 |
| 9 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.25 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 13 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.75 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0.86 |
| 16 | Millwall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.75 |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.67 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 21 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.40 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.20 |
