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