| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southampton | 41 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 41 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 41 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 3 | 41 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 20 | ||||
| 4 | Coventry City | 41 | 69 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 40 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 40 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 41 | 62 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 37 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 41 | 61 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 41 | 61 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 41 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 42 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 48 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 41 | 59 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 41 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 39 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 39 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 37 | |||
| 13 | Reading | 41 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 41 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 42 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 41 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 53 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 40 | 54 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 41 | 54 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 38 | |||
| 18 | 41 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 40 | ||||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 41 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 48 | |||
| 20 | 42 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 42 | ||||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 47 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 45 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 41 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 66 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 62 | |||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 42 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 55 | |||