| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Halifax Town | 15 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Norwich City | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Coventry City | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Southampton | 15 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Colchester United | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Bradford City | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 28 | ||||
| 21 | Reading | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Wrexham | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 28 | |||