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 38 68   13 1 5 47 20   8 4 7 35 33
3 Grimsby Town 36 65   14 2 2 35 13   6 3 9 22 34
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 36 63   12 7 0 36 13   4 8 5 22 23
5 Peterborough United 35 59   10 0 7 45 34   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 36 56   9 4 5 41 19   7 4 7 29 25
9 Watford 38 52   10 7 2 36 22   4 3 12 21 38
10 Crystal Palace 37 50   8 4 6 47 37   6 4 9 29 32
11 33 50   12 4 2 40 18   3 1 11 21 40
12 Coventry City 35 48   10 5 3 35 21   3 4 10 18 34
13 Port Vale 35 47   10 3 5 32 16   3 5 9 17 28
14 Notts. County 33 46   11 4 2 36 18   2 3 11 17 37
15 Southend United 38 44   8 6 5 26 21   2 8 9 21 36
16 Hull City 34 43   10 2 6 28 18   2 5 9 16 26
17 Halifax Town 31 43   8 3 3 24 17   4 4 9 21 33
18 34 41   6 8 3 34 23   3 6 8 23 38
19 Shrewsbury Town 37 40   6 6 6 37 31   4 4 11 21 39
20 Barnsley 35 40   6 5 6 35 33   4 5 9 24 39
21 36 37   7 2 9 39 38   4 2 12 21 48
22 Lincoln City 35 33   3 7 7 21 28   4 5 9 23 36
23 Brentford 35 33   8 3 6 23 20   1 3 14 13 53
24 Newport County 36 20   4 2 11 22 33   1 3 15 14 50