| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | Southampton | 27 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 27 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 28 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 29 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 28 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 29 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 36 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 29 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 27 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 14 | 29 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Barnsley | 29 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Swindon Town | 29 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 29 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Reading | 28 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 20 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 28 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 28 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 43 | |||
| 23 | Accrington Stanley | 30 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 44 | |||
| 24 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 47 | |||