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 Grimsby Town 38 69   14 3 2 35 13   7 3 9 25 36
3 Bristol City 39 68   13 1 5 47 20   8 4 8 35 38
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 39 66   12 7 1 38 16   5 8 6 23 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 Reading 38 61   10 5 3 34 20   8 2 10 30 40
8 Northampton Town 38 60   10 5 5 44 21   7 4 7 29 25
9 Crystal Palace 40 52   8 5 7 48 39   6 5 9 29 32
10 Watford 40 52   10 7 3 36 23   4 3 13 22 41
11 35 51   12 4 2 40 18   3 2 12 21 41
12 Coventry City 37 51   10 5 4 35 22   4 4 10 19 34
13 Port Vale 37 50   11 3 5 33 16   3 5 10 18 30
14 Hull City 37 50   11 2 6 31 18   3 6 9 19 28
15 Halifax Town 34 49   9 3 4 27 19   5 4 9 23 34
16 37 47   7 8 3 35 23   4 6 9 26 41
17 Notts. County 35 46   11 4 2 36 18   2 3 13 17 41
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 46   7 6 7 41 34   5 4 11 23 40
19 Southend United 39 45   8 6 5 26 21   2 9 9 23 38
20 Barnsley 38 43   7 5 7 38 36   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 37 36   9 3 6 26 21   1 3 15 13 56
24 Newport County 39 24   5 3 11 26 33   1 3 16 16 53