| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 15 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 16 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 16 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 17 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 17 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 12 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Notts. County | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 16 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Hull City | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 17 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Brentford | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 28 | |||