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