Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 40 84   14 6 1 46 19   11 3 5 34 18
2 Grimsby Town 39 72   14 3 2 35 13   8 3 9 27 36
3 Bristol City 41 69   13 2 5 47 20   8 4 9 36 42
4 Peterborough United 40 69   12 0 7 51 35   9 6 6 42 41
5 Queens Park Rangers 38 68   13 3 4 60 29   7 5 6 34 36
6 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 40 67   12 8 1 39 17   5 8 6 23 24
7 Northampton Town 40 64   11 5 5 47 22   7 5 7 29 25
8 Reading 39 62   10 5 3 34 20   8 3 10 31 41
9 38 57   13 4 3 43 21   4 2 12 23 42
10 Crystal Palace 41 53   8 6 7 50 41   6 5 9 29 32
11 Hull City 39 53   12 2 6 35 18   3 6 10 19 31
12 Notts. County 38 53   13 4 2 41 18   2 4 13 19 43
13 Watford 41 53   10 8 3 37 24   4 3 13 22 41
14 Coventry City 38 52   10 5 4 35 22   4 5 10 21 36
15 Port Vale 39 51   11 3 6 35 19   3 6 10 21 33
16 38 50   8 8 3 38 25   4 6 9 26 41
17 Halifax Town 36 50   9 4 4 30 22   5 4 10 24 39
18 Shrewsbury Town 41 46   7 6 7 41 34   5 4 12 24 43
19 Southend United 41 46   8 7 5 26 21   2 9 10 24 41
20 Barnsley 40 44   7 5 8 39 38   4 6 10 24 42
21 40 41   8 3 10 45 44   4 2 13 21 50
22 Brentford 39 40   9 3 6 26 21   2 4 15 16 58
23 Lincoln City 39 38   4 8 7 26 32   4 6 10 23 40
24 Newport County 41 25   5 4 11 26 33   1 3 17 16 57