| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 10 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 27 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 26 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 27 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Walsall | 27 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 25 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 27 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 27 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 25 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 20 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 35 | ||||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 33 | ||||