| Year | Champion |
| 1958-59 | Plymouth Argyle |
| 1959-60 | Southampton |
| 1960-61 | Bury |
| 1961-62 | Portsmouth |
| 1963-64 | Coventry City |
| 1964-65 | Carlisle United |
| 1965-66 | Hull City |
| 1966-67 | Queens Park Rangers |
| 1967-68 | Oxford United |
| 1968-69 | Watford |
| 1969-70 | Leyton Orient |
| 1970-71 | Preston North End |
| 1971-72 | Aston Villa |
| 1972-73 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 1973-74 | Oldham Athletic |
| 1974-75 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 1975-76 | Hereford United |
| 1976-77 | Mansfield Town |
| 1977-78 | Wrexham |
| 1978-79 | Shrewsbury Town |
| 1979-80 | Grimsby Town |
| 1980-81 | Rotherham United |
| 1981-82 | Burnley |
| 1982-83 | Portsmouth |
| 1983-84 | Oxford United |
| 1984-85 | Bradford City |
| 1985-86 | Reading |
| 1986-87 | AFC Bournemouth |
| 1987-88 | Sunderland |
| 1988-89 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 1989-90 | Bristol Rovers |
| 1990-91 | Cambridge United |
| 1991-92 | Brentford |