| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 17 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 17 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 15 | Southend United | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 18 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 24 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | ||||