| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | Watford | 22 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 21 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Barrow | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | Reading | 22 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 23 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 23 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepool | 22 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Orient | 21 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 29 | |||