| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 25 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 27 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 24 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Luton Town | 25 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 27 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 25 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 26 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 27 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 27 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 26 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Walsall | 26 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 25 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 27 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 32 | |||