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