| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 22 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 9 | Watford | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Walsall | 22 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Brentford | 22 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 22 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 22 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 22 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 22 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 21 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Swansea City | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | |||