| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 59 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 29 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 38 | |||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 28 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 6 | Port Vale | 29 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 31 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 29 | ||||
| 8 | Barnsley | 27 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 9 | Halifax Town | 29 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 28 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 28 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 12 | Newport County | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 41 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 29 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 30 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Bristol City | 28 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 30 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | Reading | 28 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 28 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 49 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 25 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 30 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 30 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 41 | |||