| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 13 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 14 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Peterborough United | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Hull City | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 13 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Southend United | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| 16 | Colchester United | 13 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Reading | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||