Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 44 88   15 6 2 48 23   11 4 6 34 20
2 Grimsby Town 43 81   17 3 2 44 15   8 3 10 28 38
3 Peterborough United 44 78   14 0 7 54 36   10 6 7 47 44
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 45 77   14 8 1 42 18   6 9 7 25 26
5 Queens Park Rangers 42 75   15 3 5 65 31   7 6 6 37 39
6 Bristol City 44 73   14 2 5 51 23   8 5 10 38 45
7 Northampton Town 44 70   12 5 5 51 23   8 5 9 33 30
8 Reading 44 69   12 5 4 39 23   8 4 11 31 42
9 43 67   13 5 3 46 24   7 2 13 32 48
10 Hull City 44 62   15 2 6 43 20   3 6 12 20 34
11 Port Vale 44 62   12 4 6 39 20   5 7 10 24 34
12 44 60   10 8 4 47 26   5 7 10 28 45
13 Notts. County 44 59   14 4 4 44 23   3 4 15 23 49
14 Coventry City 43 56   11 6 5 38 24   4 5 12 22 42
15 Crystal Palace 45 55   8 8 7 50 41   6 5 11 31 37
16 Watford 45 55   10 9 4 37 26   4 4 14 23 43
17 Southend United 45 55   10 7 5 31 24   3 9 11 26 43
18 Halifax Town 42 53   9 4 7 33 29   6 4 12 28 49
19 Shrewsbury Town 45 51   8 7 7 45 35   5 5 13 27 47
20 44 48   9 4 10 48 44   5 2 14 23 52
21 Barnsley 44 48   8 6 8 41 39   4 6 12 24 50
22 Brentford 43 44   10 3 7 31 25   2 5 16 19 64
23 Lincoln City 42 40   4 9 8 29 36   4 7 10 23 40
24 Newport County 45 29   6 5 11 29 35   1 3 19 17 64