| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Barrow | 16 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Luton Town | 15 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 15 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 6 | Watford | 15 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Stockport County | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool | 16 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Gillingham | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22 | |||