| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Watford | 20 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Barrow | 19 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | 21 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Luton Town | 19 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 20 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 21 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 21 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 20 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 21 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool | 20 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 27 | |||