| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 45 | 83 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 37 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 45 | 81 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 45 | 80 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 40 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 45 | 79 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 29 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 45 | 72 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 40 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 45 | 70 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 36 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 45 | 68 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 42 | |||
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 45 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 41 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 45 | 65 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 41 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 44 | 62 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 45 | 62 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 61 | |||
| 13 | 45 | 60 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 48 | ||||
| 14 | Port Vale | 45 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 44 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 44 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 42 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 45 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 41 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 44 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 38 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 45 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 44 | 50 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 44 | 49 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 62 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 45 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 60 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 45 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 51 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 45 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 66 | |||