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