| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 43 | 96 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | |||
| 2 | 43 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| 3 | Swansea City | 43 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 43 | 73 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 43 | 68 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 35 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 42 | 65 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 43 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 42 | 63 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 43 | 58 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 50 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 43 | 57 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 38 | |||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 57 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 43 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 13 | 43 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | Stockport County | 43 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 15 | 43 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | 43 | 53 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 33 | ||||
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 43 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 53 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 43 | |||
| 19 | Wimbledon | 43 | 52 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 44 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 37 | |||
| 21 | 43 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 34 | ||||
| 22 | 43 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 52 | ||||
| 23 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 39 | ||||
| 24 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 54 | ||||