Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 45 91   15 6 2 48 23   12 4 6 37 22
2 Grimsby Town 45 87   18 3 2 49 18   9 3 10 29 38
3 Peterborough United 45 81   15 0 7 58 38   10 6 7 47 44
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 46 80   14 8 1 42 18   7 9 7 27 27
5 Queens Park Rangers 44 79   15 3 5 65 31   8 7 6 40 41
6 Bristol City 46 77   15 3 5 56 27   8 5 10 38 45
7 Reading 45 72   13 5 4 43 23   8 4 11 31 42
8 Northampton Town 46 71   12 6 5 52 24   8 5 10 33 33
9 45 67   13 5 5 47 27   7 2 13 32 48
10 Hull City 45 65   15 2 6 43 20   4 6 12 22 34
11 45 63   10 8 4 47 26   6 7 10 30 45
12 Port Vale 45 62   12 4 7 41 23   5 7 10 24 34
13 Notts. County 45 60   14 5 4 44 23   3 4 15 23 49
14 Crystal Palace 46 56   8 8 7 50 41   6 6 11 33 39
15 Coventry City 45 56   11 6 6 38 26   4 5 13 24 45
16 Watford 46 55   10 9 4 37 26   4 4 15 26 48
17 Southend United 46 55   10 7 6 31 26   3 9 11 26 43
18 Halifax Town 44 54   9 4 8 33 32   6 5 12 28 49
19 Shrewsbury Town 46 51   8 7 8 46 37   5 5 13 27 47
20 45 51   9 4 10 48 44   6 2 14 26 52
21 Barnsley 45 48   8 6 8 41 39   4 6 13 26 54
22 Brentford 44 47   11 3 7 34 25   2 5 16 19 64
23 Lincoln City 44 43   4 9 8 29 36   5 7 11 26 44
24 Newport County 46 29   6 5 12 29 38   1 3 19 17 64