| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 28 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 28 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 28 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 29 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 28 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Millwall | 27 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 26 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 26 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Blackpool | 28 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 28 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 28 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 27 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 28 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 28 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 28 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Brentford | 29 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 33 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 35 | ||||