| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 34 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | ||||
| 2 | 35 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 33 | ||||
| 3 | Shrewsbury Town | 35 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 35 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Barrow | 34 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 34 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Stockport County | 36 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 35 | 53 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 35 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Oxford United | 34 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 35 | 50 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Gillingham | 35 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 13 | 34 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | ||||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 34 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 35 | 47 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 35 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 34 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 34 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 31 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Colchester United | 34 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 39 | |||
| 23 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 35 | ||||
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 34 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 41 | |||