| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 19 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 19 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 19 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 19 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 19 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 35 | |||