| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 21 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 19 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 20 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Walsall | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 20 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 22 | ||||