| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southampton | 35 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 36 | |||
| 2 | 36 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | Norwich City | 35 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 35 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 35 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 36 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 35 | |||
| 7 | Colchester United | 36 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 41 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 36 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 45 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 35 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 37 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 36 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 36 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 36 | |||
| 12 | Newport County | 36 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 13 | Bradford City | 35 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 35 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 37 | 48 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 34 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 36 | |||
| 17 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 35 | ||||
| 18 | Reading | 35 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 39 | |||
| 19 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 35 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 40 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 36 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 57 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 55 | |||
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 50 | |||