| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | Southampton | 21 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 20 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 21 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Halifax Town | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Brentford | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 20 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 21 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 20 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 17 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | Wrexham | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |||