Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 41 84   14 6 1 46 19   11 3 6 34 20
2 Grimsby Town 41 78   16 3 2 41 13   8 3 9 27 36
3 Bristol City 42 72   14 2 5 51 23   8 4 9 36 42
4 Peterborough United 41 72   13 0 7 53 36   9 6 6 42 41
5 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 42 70   12 8 1 39 17   6 8 7 25 26
6 Queens Park Rangers 40 69   13 3 5 61 31   7 6 6 37 39
7 Northampton Town 42 67   11 5 5 47 22   8 5 8 33 28
8 Reading 41 65   11 5 4 36 21   8 3 10 31 41
9 40 61   13 5 3 46 24   5 2 12 25 43
10 Hull City 41 56   13 2 6 37 19   3 6 11 20 33
11 Notts. County 41 56   13 4 4 42 23   3 4 13 21 44
12 Coventry City 40 55   11 5 4 37 22   4 5 11 21 38
13 40 54   8 8 3 38 25   5 7 9 28 42
14 Watford 42 54   10 8 3 37 24   4 4 13 22 41
15 Crystal Palace 42 53   8 6 7 50 41   6 5 10 31 36
16 Port Vale 40 52   11 4 6 36 20   3 6 10 21 33
17 Halifax Town 38 50   9 4 5 31 24   5 4 11 27 43
18 Southend United 42 49   9 7 5 28 22   2 9 10 24 41
19 Shrewsbury Town 42 47   7 7 7 41 34   5 4 12 24 43
20 Barnsley 41 44   7 5 8 39 38   4 6 11 24 46
21 Brentford 40 43   10 3 6 30 23   2 4 15 16 58
22 41 41   8 3 10 45 44   4 2 14 22 52
23 Lincoln City 40 39   4 8 7 26 32   4 7 10 23 40
24 Newport County 42 26   5 5 11 26 33   1 3 17 16 57