| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 19 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 20 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Watford | 20 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 19 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 19 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 19 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 19 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 18 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 19 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||