| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 18 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 20 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 19 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 20 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 21 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 20 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 20 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 17 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 18 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 20 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | Brentford | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 32 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 30 | |||