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