The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
The Football League test matches were a set of play-offs, in which the bottom First Division teams faced the top Second Division teams.
The format had changed from previous seasons, with the number of participants has reduced from six to four (two from each division).
It is likely that the league decided on re-election to the First Division and on promotion and relegation on the basis of the summary table above.
It seems those teams who had lost in the first round hardly had any chance of ending up among the top teams in this system, and the election outcome effectively seems to have confirmed the first round results.