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