| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 20 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Walsall | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 19 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 19 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 18 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 21 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 20 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Bristol City | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 21 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 32 | |||