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