| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 25 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 24 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 23 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 24 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 23 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 9 | Port Vale | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 23 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Wrexham | 22 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Bristol City | 24 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Reading | 24 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 24 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 24 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 23 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 24 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||