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