Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 32 68   12 6 0 37 17   8 2 4 23 14
2 Bristol City 34 59   11 1 4 41 14   7 4 7 31 33
3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 34 59   11 7 0 34 12   4 7 5 22 23
4 Grimsby Town 33 59   12 2 2 29 11   6 3 8 20 31
5 Reading 32 55   10 3 2 32 15   7 1 9 26 36
6 Peterborough United 32 53   9 0 6 41 31   7 5 5 32 33
7 Watford 34 52   10 7 1 35 19   4 3 9 20 34
8 Northampton Town 33 50   8 4 5 38 18   6 4 6 25 22
9 Crystal Palace 33 50   8 4 5 44 33   6 4 6 27 24
10 Queens Park Rangers 31 49   10 2 4 47 23   4 5 6 25 30
11 Coventry City 31 44   9 4 2 30 16   3 4 9 17 32
12 Notts. County 30 43   10 4 1 35 16   2 3 10 16 35
13 Hull City 31 40   9 2 6 26 17   2 5 7 16 23
14 Port Vale 31 40   8 3 5 26 16   3 4 8 16 25
15 29 40   9 3 2 31 16   3 1 11 21 40
16 Southend United 34 40   8 5 4 24 18   1 8 8 18 31
17 31 39   6 8 2 34 19   3 4 8 20 35
18 Halifax Town 28 39   8 3 3 24 17   3 3 8 20 30
19 Shrewsbury Town 33 36   5 5 5 35 30   4 4 10 20 36
20 Barnsley 31 33   5 5 6 33 32   3 4 8 21 36
21 Lincoln City 32 32   3 7 6 20 26   4 4 8 21 30
22 Brentford 32 32   8 2 5 22 17   1 3 13 13 49
23 33 31   6 2 9 37 38   3 2 11 18 44
24 Newport County 32 16   3 1 10 19 30   1 3 14 13 48