Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 27 58   10 5 0 32 14   7 2 3 18 12
2 Peterborough United 27 49   8 0 5 34 27   7 4 3 30 28
3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 29 48   8 6 0 27 10   4 6 5 20 21
4 Reading 26 48   8 3 2 26 14   7 0 6 23 26
5 Bristol City 28 47   8 1 4 28 13   6 4 5 25 26
6 Queens Park Rangers 26 46   9 2 3 42 21   4 5 3 22 19
7 Grimsby Town 28 46   10 2 2 26 10   4 2 8 14 30
8 Crystal Palace 28 45   7 3 4 39 27   6 3 5 24 20
9 Northampton Town 28 43   6 4 3 31 13   6 3 6 23 20
10 Port Vale 28 40   8 3 4 26 14   3 4 6 15 21
11 Watford 29 39   7 6 1 27 17   3 3 9 18 33
12 Coventry City 27 38   8 4 2 26 15   2 4 7 12 26
13 Notts. County 25 35   10 3 1 33 14   0 2 9 13 32
14 25 34   7 3 2 26 14   3 1 9 20 32
15 29 34   7 4 4 21 16   1 6 7 16 27
16 Hull City 26 33   7 1 5 20 13   2 5 6 15 21
17 Shrewsbury Town 28 33   5 5 4 34 27   3 4 7 16 26
18 Swindon Town 27 31   5 7 2 27 15   2 3 8 17 33
19 Halifax Town 22 29   5 3 2 16 11   3 2 7 19 27
20 Barnsley 25 27   5 3 5 30 26   2 3 7 15 30
21 Lincoln City 26 26   3 4 5 14 19   3 4 7 17 25
22 28 25   5 2 8 33 34   2 2 9 15 39
23 Brentford 27 25   7 2 4 20 16   0 2 12 6 41
24 Newport County 27 13   2 1 9 17 25   1 3 11 12 40