Greece. Not one of the memorable seasons – Panathinaikos dominated, but Olympiakos was nowhere to be seen – but that depending on point of view. OFI (Iraklion) had a great season – perhaps their gretest ever – and if one looks at the season from Crete… well, it was more than memorable championship.
Second Division. 20 teams, 2 promoted, 4 relegated. Nobody was penalized, so the season was fine, but not very strong. The difference between the relegated 17th-placed and Edessaikos and 5th-placed A.O. Kavala was only 3 points – most teams were preocupied with avoiding relegation than with promotion. Only 3 teams battled for the top positions.
At the bottom finished Agrotikos Esteras Evosmos (Thesaloniki) – last,
Eolikos Militinos (Lesbos) – 19th, A.S. Naoussa – 18th, and Edessaikos A. O. (Edessa) – 17th. Edessaikos was most unfortunate among the relegated – their fate was decided on the head-to-head record against Acharnaikos Menidi (Athens). Acharnaikos survived, for they won both games.
Nothing much up the table.
Panetolikos (Egrinio) – 13th with 37 points.
Pierikos (Katerini) was 10th with 37 points.
Athinaikos (Athens) – 6th with 39 points. Perhaps the only team quite steadily going up, but nothing special yet. And it was not easy to be special in Athens – too many clubs, too much competition. There were three more in the Second Division – Atromitos Peristeri, Egaleo F.C., and Acharnaikos Menidi. And then – the first division clubs, every next stronger and bigger: Apollon, Panionios, AEK, Panathinaikos. Athinaikos was doing quite well under the circumstances.
A. E. Levadiakos (Livadia) was 4th with 41 points. One of the best, but… only relatively stronger than relegated Edessaikos – 5 points difference – and not at all in the race for top positions and promotion.
Above Levadiakos were the three teams,which fought for promotion. Makedonikos N. Efkapia (Thesaloniki) eventually stumbled and ended 3rd with 44 points.
A.S. Veria – or was it P.A.E. Veria? Greek clubs present quite a difficulty with their names – eventually lost the battle for the title by a point, but it was fine: they were promoted.
Diagoras (Rodos) clinched top position with 48 points. 20 wins, 8 ties, 10 losses, 68-38 goal-difference. Splendid – Diagoras hardly ever won anything, so champions of Second Division was real success. And they were promoted, of course. However, not much hope could be placed on neither them, nor Veria for surviving in First Division, let alone making an impact.