| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 21 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 21 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 21 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 21 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 21 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 21 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Barnsley | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Millwall | 21 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 39 | |||