| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Watford | 21 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Barrow | 20 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | 22 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Luton Town | 20 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 21 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 21 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 22 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 13 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 21 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepool | 21 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 21 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Barnsley | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 29 | |||