| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 23 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 23 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 21 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 22 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Barrow | 23 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | Reading | 23 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 24 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 29 | ||||
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 23 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 23 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 24 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 24 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 22 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 23 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 29 | |||