| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 17 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 17 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Portsmouth | 16 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 17 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 17 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Port Vale | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 18 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 17 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 18 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 16 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 18 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | Brentford | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |||