| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Orient | 40 | 77 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 44 | 75 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 43 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 41 | 70 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 42 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 42 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 44 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 35 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 41 | 66 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 41 | 63 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | Bradford City | 42 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 42 | 57 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 44 | 56 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 13 | 43 | 56 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 43 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 36 | |||
| 16 | 44 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 51 | ||||
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 41 | 50 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 40 | |||
| 18 | Walsall | 39 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 42 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 40 | |||
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Gillingham | 39 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 45 | 37 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 51 | |||
| 24 | Stockport County | 42 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 40 | |||