| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 20 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Walsall | 20 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 19 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 20 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 20 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 20 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 20 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 23 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 24 | Swansea City | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 24 | |||