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