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