| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 23 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 24 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Halifax Town | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 6 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | Notts. County | 24 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 24 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 22 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 25 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 23 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 25 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 24 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 24 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 23 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Colchester United | 24 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Reading | 24 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 23 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 24 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 36 | |||