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