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