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