| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 31 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 32 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 32 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 48 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 31 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | |||
| 8 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 31 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | Wrexham | 30 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Blackpool | 32 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 32 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 30 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Wycombe Wanderers | 32 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 29 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Preston North End | 31 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 31 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 31 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 31 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Brentford | 32 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 33 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 31 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 40 | ||||