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