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