| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Portsmouth | 20 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 21 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 22 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 22 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 22 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Coventry City | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 19 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Notts. County | 20 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 22 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Brentford | 21 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 32 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 30 | |||