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