| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 20 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 20 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 20 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 20 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Colchester United | 20 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 20 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 20 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Wrexham | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 37 | |||