| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 25 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 25 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 25 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Peterborough United | 24 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | 25 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Wrexham | 24 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Walsall | 24 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | Watford | 25 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 24 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 24 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 24 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 24 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | ||||