| 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 | Peterborough United | 39 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 38 | |||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 36 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 39 | 66 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 37 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 36 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 39 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 41 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 39 | 61 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 25 | |||
| 9 | 37 | 54 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 41 | ||||
| 10 | Notts. County | 38 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 43 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 41 | 53 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 41 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 40 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 37 | 51 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 38 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 38 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 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 | Brentford | 38 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 57 | |||
| 22 | Lincoln City | 39 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 40 | |||
| 23 | 39 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 50 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 40 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 53 | |||