| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 27 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | 27 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 4 | Stockport County | 26 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Peterborough United | 27 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 26 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Oxford United | 26 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 27 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Barrow | 27 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 27 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Gillingham | 26 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 26 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 26 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 26 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 24 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||||