| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 26 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 26 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 26 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 27 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 25 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 25 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 25 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Blackpool | 26 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Preston North End | 26 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Luton Town | 26 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 26 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Brentford | 27 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 26 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Burnley | 26 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | |||