| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 21 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Aldershot | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 3 | 21 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | Barnsley | 21 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Newport County | 21 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Brentford | 21 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 21 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 21 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 22 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 26 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Wimbledon | 22 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | ||||