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