| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Hull City | 32 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 31 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 32 | ||||
| 4 | Colchester United | 28 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 32 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 41 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 28 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 28 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 30 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 9 | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | 30 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Norwich City | 28 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 30 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 31 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 28 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 28 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Bradford City | 28 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 29 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 38 | |||
| 21 | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | Notts. County | 29 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 23 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 44 | ||||
| 24 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 38 | ||||