The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.
In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals.
The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
), Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Tranmere Rovers (3rd Div.
[citation needed] Arsenal scored 60 away goals, the most to this day[citation needed], while the 128 goals scored by Aston Villa remains a top flight record, and a record for any 42 game season.