Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 43 85   14 6 2 46 22   11 4 6 34 20
2 Grimsby Town 42 78   16 3 2 41 13   8 3 10 28 38
3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 44 76   14 8 1 42 18   6 8 7 25 26
4 Peterborough United 43 75   13 0 7 53 36   10 6 7 47 44
5 Queens Park Rangers 41 72   14 3 5 63 31   7 6 6 37 39
6 Bristol City 43 72   14 2 5 51 23   8 4 10 37 44
7 Northampton Town 43 70   12 5 5 51 23   8 5 8 33 28
8 Reading 43 69   12 5 4 39 23   8 4 10 31 41
9 42 67   13 5 3 46 24   7 2 12 30 45
10 Hull City 43 62   15 2 6 43 20   3 6 11 20 33
11 43 60   10 8 4 47 26   5 7 9 28 42
12 Port Vale 43 59   11 4 6 36 20   5 7 10 24 34
13 Notts. County 43 56   13 4 4 42 23   3 4 15 23 49
14 Coventry City 42 55   11 5 5 37 23   4 5 12 22 42
15 Watford 44 55   10 9 4 37 26   4 4 13 22 41
16 Southend United 44 55   10 7 5 31 24   3 9 10 26 41
17 Crystal Palace 44 54   8 7 7 50 41   6 5 11 31 37
18 Halifax Town 41 50   9 4 7 33 29   5 4 12 27 49
19 Shrewsbury Town 44 48   7 7 7 41 34   5 5 13 27 47
20 Barnsley 43 45   7 6 8 40 39   4 6 12 24 50
21 43 45   8 4 10 45 44   5 2 14 23 52
22 Brentford 42 44   10 3 7 31 25   2 5 15 19 61
23 Lincoln City 41 40   4 9 7 29 35   4 7 10 23 40
24 Newport County 44 29   6 5 11 29 35   1 3 18 16 60