Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 27 54   11 0 2 24 10   6 3 5 17 12
2 Southampton 26 51   12 1 1 45 20   3 5 4 21 22
3 Coventry City 26 47   9 3 1 29 12   5 2 6 26 25
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 27 45   8 4 1 29 14   5 2 7 19 28
5 Norwich City 26 44   8 1 3 30 17   5 4 5 22 21
6 Shrewsbury Town 26 43   9 3 2 39 18   3 4 5 24 26
7 Colchester United 27 41   9 3 1 28 12   3 2 9 20 33
8 Grimsby Town 27 40   7 4 3 31 18   3 6 4 23 26
9 Port Vale 26 39   10 1 2 31 11   2 2 9 17 35
10 Newport County 25 39   10 0 1 35 16   2 3 9 10 27
11 Brentford 26 37   7 3 2 26 14   4 1 9 21 28
12 Barnsley 27 37   8 3 3 25 17   2 4 7 15 24
13 27 37   8 3 3 25 18   3 1 9 14 28
14 Queens Park Rangers 26 36   7 4 1 22 9   3 2 9 20 24
15 Halifax Town 26 36   7 2 4 23 18   3 4 6 11 27
16 Bradford City 26 35   7 5 2 24 15   2 3 7 17 26
17 27 33   7 4 2 25 16   1 5 8 12 28
18 Tranmere Rovers 27 31   6 6 2 36 21   2 1 10 11 27
19 Southend United 26 30   9 0 4 32 18   0 3 10 8 30
20 25 29   6 2 6 23 25   3 0 8 17 30
21 Reading 26 27   6 2 6 29 24   1 4 7 22 29
22 27 25   2 4 7 19 27   5 0 9 17 39
23 26 24   7 1 6 25 24   0 2 10 17 42
24 Mansfield Town 25 22   4 4 3 27 25   2 0 12 18 45