Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 38 84   14 6 0 46 17   11 3 4 33 16
2 Bristol City 39 68   13 1 5 47 20   8 4 8 35 38
3 Grimsby Town 37 68   14 2 2 35 13   7 3 9 25 36
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 38 63   12 7 1 38 16   4 8 6 22 24
5 Peterborough United 37 63   11 0 7 46 34   8 6 5 37 37
6 Queens Park Rangers 36 62   12 3 4 56 28   6 5 6 31 34
7 Northampton Town 38 60   10 5 5 44 21   7 4 7 29 25
8 Reading 37 60   10 4 3 33 19   8 2 10 30 40
9 Watford 39 52   10 7 3 36 23   4 3 12 21 38
10 Crystal Palace 39 51   8 5 7 48 39   6 4 9 29 32
11 35 51   12 4 2 40 18   3 2 12 21 41
12 Coventry City 36 51   10 5 3 35 21   4 4 10 19 34
13 Port Vale 37 50   11 3 5 33 16   3 5 10 18 30
14 Hull City 36 49   11 2 6 31 18   3 5 9 18 27
15 Notts. County 34 46   11 4 2 36 18   2 3 12 17 38
16 Halifax Town 33 46   9 3 4 27 19   4 4 9 21 33
17 39 45   8 6 5 26 21   2 9 9 23 38
18 Swindon Town 36 44   7 8 3 35 23   3 6 9 23 40
19 Shrewsbury Town 38 43   6 6 6 37 31   5 4 11 23 40
20 Barnsley 37 43   7 5 6 37 34   4 5 10 24 42
21 37 38   7 3 9 41 40   4 2 12 21 48
22 Lincoln City 37 36   4 7 7 24 30   4 5 10 23 40
23 Brentford 36 33   8 3 6 23 20   1 3 15 13 56
24 Newport County 39 24   5 3 11 26 33   1 3 16 16 53