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