| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Watford | 25 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 25 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 25 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 25 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 26 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Millwall | 24 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 24 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 25 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 25 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 24 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Wycombe Wanderers | 25 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 25 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 20 | 26 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Brentford | 26 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Burnley | 25 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 24 | |||