Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 39 84   14 6 0 46 17   11 3 5 34 18
2 Bristol City 40 69   13 2 5 47 20   8 4 8 35 38
3 Grimsby Town 38 69   14 3 2 35 13   7 3 9 25 36
4 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 39 66   12 7 1 38 16   5 8 6 23 24
5 Peterborough United 38 66   12 0 7 51 35   8 6 5 37 37
6 Queens Park Rangers 37 65   12 3 4 56 28   7 5 6 34 36
7 Northampton Town 39 61   10 5 5 44 21   7 5 7 29 25
8 Reading 38 61   10 5 3 34 20   8 2 10 30 40
9 36 54   13 4 2 42 19   3 2 12 21 41
10 Crystal Palace 40 52   8 5 7 48 39   6 5 9 29 32
11 Watford 40 52   10 7 3 36 23   4 3 13 22 41
12 Coventry City 37 51   10 5 4 35 22   4 4 10 19 34
13 Hull City 37 50   11 2 6 31 18   3 6 9 19 28
14 Port Vale 38 50   11 3 6 35 19   3 5 10 18 30
15 Notts. County 36 49   12 4 2 38 18   2 3 13 17 41
16 Halifax Town 35 49   9 3 4 27 19   5 4 10 24 39
17 Swindon Town 37 47   7 8 3 35 23   4 6 9 26 41
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 46   7 6 7 41 34   5 4 11 23 40
19 40 46   8 7 5 26 21   2 9 9 23 38
20 Barnsley 39 44   7 5 7 38 36   4 6 10 24 42
21 38 38   7 3 9 41 40   4 2 13 21 50
22 Lincoln City 38 37   4 7 7 24 30   4 6 10 23 40
23 Brentford 37 36   9 3 6 26 21   1 3 15 13 56
24 Newport County 40 25   5 4 11 26 33   1 3 16 16 53