| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | ||||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 25 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 26 | ||||
| 6 | Notts. County | 25 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 25 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 25 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 24 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 22 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 24 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 26 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Coventry City | 25 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 25 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 26 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 24 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 25 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Colchester United | 25 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Reading | 25 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 41 | ||||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 37 | |||