Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 36 80   13 6 0 41 17   11 2 4 31 14
2 Bristol City 37 65   12 1 5 43 19   8 4 7 35 33
3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 35 62   12 7 0 36 13   4 7 5 22 23
4 Grimsby Town 35 62   13 2 2 32 13   6 3 9 22 34
5 Peterborough United 34 59   10 0 6 45 32   8 5 5 34 34
6 Reading 35 59   10 4 3 33 19   8 1 9 30 39
7 Queens Park Rangers 34 58   11 2 4 50 25   6 5 6 31 34
8 Northampton Town 35 53   9 4 5 41 19   6 4 7 27 25
9 Watford 37 52   10 7 2 36 22   4 3 11 21 37
10 Crystal Palace 36 50   8 4 6 47 37   6 4 8 28 30
11 32 49   12 3 2 38 16   3 1 11 21 40
12 Coventry City 35 48   10 5 3 35 21   3 4 10 18 34
13 Port Vale 34 44   9 3 5 28 16   3 5 9 17 28
14 Hull City 33 43   10 2 6 28 18   2 5 8 16 24
15 Halifax Town 30 43   8 3 3 24 17   4 4 8 21 30
16 Notts. County 32 43   10 4 2 35 18   2 3 11 17 37
17 Southend United 37 43   8 5 5 26 21   2 8 9 21 36
18 33 40   6 8 3 34 23   3 5 8 21 36
19 Barnsley 34 39   6 5 6 35 33   4 4 9 23 38
20 Shrewsbury Town 36 37   5 6 6 35 31   4 4 11 21 39
21 35 37   7 2 9 39 38   4 2 11 20 44
22 Lincoln City 34 33   3 7 7 21 28   4 5 8 23 32
23 Brentford 34 32   8 2 6 22 19   1 3 14 13 53
24 Newport County 35 17   3 2 11 20 32   1 3 15 14 50