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 46 84   16 0 7 60 38   10 6 7 47 44
4 Queens Park Rangers 45 82   15 3 5 65 31   9 7 6 45 41
5 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 46 80   14 8 1 42 18   7 9 7 27 27
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 46 66   11 8 4 48 26   6 7 10 30 45
11 Hull City 45 65   15 2 6 43 20   4 6 12 22 34
12 Port Vale 46 62   12 4 7 41 23   5 7 11 24 35
13 Notts. County 46 60   14 5 4 44 23   3 4 16 23 51
14 Coventry City 46 59   11 6 6 38 26   5 5 13 26 45
15 Crystal Palace 46 56   8 8 7 50 41   6 6 11 33 39
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 45 54   9 4 9 33 34   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 45 43   4 9 9 29 41   5 7 11 26 44
24 Newport County 46 29   6 5 12 29 38   1 3 19 17 64