Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 23 45   9 0 2 19 9   5 3 4 15 9
2 Southampton 23 42   10 1 1 41 20   2 5 4 19 21
3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 23 40   7 3 1 24 11   5 1 6 18 25
4 Shrewsbury Town 22 39   8 3 1 37 15   3 3 4 21 22
5 Grimsby Town 23 38   7 4 1 30 14   3 4 4 19 22
6 Coventry City 23 38   7 3 1 19 7   4 2 6 23 24
7 Norwich City 22 38   7 1 2 24 14   4 4 4 18 18
8 Newport County 22 36   10 0 1 35 16   1 3 7 9 23
9 Colchester United 23 35   7 3 1 23 12   3 2 7 18 28
10 Queens Park Rangers 23 33   6 4 1 19 8   3 2 7 19 20
11 Barnsley 23 33   7 2 3 20 13   2 4 5 13 18
12 Halifax Town 22 32   6 1 4 18 15   3 4 4 11 17
13 Port Vale 22 32   8 1 2 20 10   2 1 8 15 32
14 Brentford 22 31   5 3 2 20 13   4 1 7 21 24
15 23 31   6 3 3 21 17   3 1 7 13 24
16 23 28   6 3 2 21 15   1 4 7 8 21
17 Bradford City 22 27   6 4 2 21 13   1 2 7 13 24
18 Tranmere Rovers 23 26   6 4 2 33 18   1 1 9 8 23
19 22 25   5 1 5 19 20   3 0 8 17 30
20 Southend United 22 24   7 0 4 27 18   0 3 8 7 24
21 23 24   7 1 4 22 18   0 2 9 14 37
22 Reading 22 23   5 2 5 26 20   1 3 6 18 22
23 Mansfield Town 22 19   3 4 3 24 23   2 0 10 15 36
24 24 19   2 4 6 18 24   3 0 9 11 37