Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 37 81   13 6 0 41 17   11 3 4 33 16
2 Bristol City 38 68   13 1 5 47 20   8 4 7 35 33
3 Grimsby Town 36 65   14 2 2 35 13   6 3 9 22 34
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 37 63   12 7 0 36 13   4 8 6 22 24
5 Peterborough United 36 62   11 0 7 46 34   8 5 5 34 34
6 Queens Park Rangers 35 61   12 2 4 53 25   6 5 6 31 34
7 Reading 36 60   10 4 3 33 19   8 2 9 30 39
8 Northampton Town 37 57   9 5 5 43 21   7 4 7 29 25
9 Watford 38 52   10 7 2 36 22   4 3 12 21 38
10 Crystal Palace 38 50   8 4 7 48 39   6 4 9 29 32
11 Port Vale 36 50   11 3 5 33 16   3 5 9 17 28
12 34 50   12 4 2 40 18   3 1 12 21 41
13 Coventry City 35 48   10 5 3 35 21   3 4 10 18 34
14 Hull City 35 46   10 2 6 28 18   3 5 9 18 27
15 Notts. County 33 46   11 4 2 36 18   2 3 11 17 37
16 Halifax Town 32 46   9 3 3 26 17   4 4 9 21 33
17 Southend United 38 44   8 6 5 26 21   2 8 9 21 36
18 35 41   6 8 3 34 23   3 6 9 23 40
19 Shrewsbury Town 37 40   6 6 6 37 31   4 4 11 21 39
20 Barnsley 36 40   6 5 6 35 33   4 5 10 24 42
21 36 37   7 2 9 39 38   4 2 12 21 48
22 Lincoln City 35 33   3 7 7 21 28   4 5 9 23 36
23 Brentford 35 33   8 3 6 23 20   1 3 14 13 53
24 Newport County 37 21   4 3 11 22 33   1 3 15 14 50