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