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