| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Halifax Town | 19 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Watford | 18 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 19 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 17 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 19 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Bristol City | 19 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Brentford | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Reading | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Coventry City | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||