| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 24 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 3 | 25 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | 22 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 23 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 25 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | Barrow | 24 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 24 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 11 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 25 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 24 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 25 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 17 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 24 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool | 25 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 23 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 | |||