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