| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 21 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 21 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 21 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Stevenage | 21 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 7 | Notts. County | 21 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 21 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 9 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Crawley Town | 21 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | Preston North End | 21 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 21 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 21 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 21 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 21 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 21 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||