Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 42 85   14 6 1 46 19   11 4 6 34 20
2 Grimsby Town 41 78   16 3 2 41 13   8 3 9 27 36
3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 43 73   13 8 1 40 17   6 8 7 25 26
4 Bristol City 42 72   14 2 5 51 23   8 4 9 36 42
5 Peterborough United 42 72   13 0 7 53 36   9 6 7 44 44
6 Queens Park Rangers 40 69   13 3 5 61 31   7 6 6 37 39
7 Reading 42 68   12 5 4 39 23   8 3 10 31 41
8 Northampton Town 42 67   11 5 5 47 22   8 5 8 33 28
9 41 64   13 5 3 46 24   6 2 12 28 45
10 Hull City 42 59   14 2 6 41 19   3 6 11 20 33
11 Port Vale 42 58   11 4 6 36 20   5 6 10 24 34
12 42 57   9 8 4 44 26   5 7 9 28 42
13 Notts. County 42 56   13 4 4 42 23   3 4 14 23 47
14 Coventry City 41 55   11 5 5 37 23   4 5 11 21 38
15 Watford 43 55   10 9 3 37 24   4 4 13 22 41
16 Crystal Palace 43 53   8 6 7 50 41   6 5 11 31 37
17 Southend United 43 52   10 7 5 31 24   2 9 10 24 41
18 Halifax Town 40 50   9 4 6 33 27   5 4 12 27 49
19 Shrewsbury Town 43 47   7 7 7 41 34   5 4 13 26 46
20 Barnsley 42 44   7 5 8 39 38   4 6 12 24 50
21 42 44   8 3 10 45 44   5 2 14 23 52
22 Brentford 41 43   10 3 7 31 25   2 4 15 16 58
23 Lincoln City 40 39   4 8 7 26 32   4 7 10 23 40
24 Newport County 43 29   6 5 11 29 35   1 3 17 16 57