| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Walsall | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Halifax Town | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 4 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | ||||
| 5 | Watford | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Notts. County | 11 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Bristol City | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | Coventry City | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Chesterfield | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Bradford City | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||