| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 22 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 23 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 23 | ||||
| 6 | Halifax Town | 22 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Newport County | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 22 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 22 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 22 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 22 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 23 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 23 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 24 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | Bristol City | 22 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Southend United | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 19 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Reading | 22 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 35 | |||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 32 | ||||