| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hull City | 34 | 66 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 31 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Colchester United | 31 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 4 | 33 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 34 | ||||
| 5 | Reading | 33 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 30 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 32 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 36 | |||
| 9 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 34 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 45 | |||
| 10 | 32 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Norwich City | 29 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 33 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Halifax Town | 30 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 40 | |||
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 31 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 31 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 31 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 30 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Wrexham | 31 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 41 | |||
| 21 | Stockport County | 31 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 32 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 44 | |||
| 24 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 41 | ||||