| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 57 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 11 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 26 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Chesterfield | 28 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 27 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 28 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 26 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 28 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 28 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 28 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 27 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 33 | ||||