Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Portsmouth 21 44   8 4 0 22 10   5 1 3 14 10
2 Reading 22 43   7 1 2 20 12   7 0 5 23 25
3 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 22 42   7 4 0 23 9   4 5 2 18 13
4 Peterborough United 22 41   7 0 4 29 23   6 2 3 26 25
5 Bristol City 23 39   7 1 3 21 11   5 2 5 19 22
6 Queens Park Rangers 21 36   7 2 3 35 21   3 4 2 15 12
7 Crystal Palace 23 36   5 3 4 28 22   5 3 3 20 12
8 Northampton Town 23 35   4 4 3 27 13   6 1 5 21 15
9 Watford 23 34   6 5 1 23 16   3 2 6 16 24
10 Grimsby Town 22 34   7 2 2 20 9   3 2 6 12 25
11 22 33   7 2 2 25 13   3 1 7 18 26
12 Shrewsbury Town 23 31   5 4 3 31 23   3 3 5 12 18
13 Port Vale 23 30   6 2 3 18 10   2 4 6 12 20
14 Hull City 20 29   6 0 3 16 7   2 5 4 13 15
15 Coventry City 22 28   6 3 2 20 12   1 4 6 10 23
16 Notts. County 20 26   7 3 1 24 10   0 2 7 12 24
17 Halifax Town 19 26   4 3 1 13 9   3 2 6 16 23
18 23 25   5 2 4 16 14   1 5 6 12 20
19 Barnsley 22 25   5 2 4 28 23   2 2 7 15 30
20 Swindon Town 23 23   3 7 2 19 14   2 1 8 15 31
21 Lincoln City 21 20   3 2 5 14 19   2 3 6 16 24
22 21 18   3 1 8 25 29   2 2 5 11 20
23 Brentford 22 18   5 2 3 14 11   0 1 11 6 37
24 Newport County 23 13   2 1 8 16 23   1 3 8 11 33