| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 30 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | ||||
| 2 | Watford | 29 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 29 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 31 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 28 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 31 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 7 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 29 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 29 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Barrow | 28 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 14 | 27 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 15 | Barnsley | 29 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 30 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 30 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 28 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 19 | 28 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 31 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 38 | |||