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