| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 19 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Rotherham United | 19 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 11 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Brentford | 18 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 19 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 19 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 19 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Swansea City | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | |||