| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 28 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 27 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Walsall | 27 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 27 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Watford | 25 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 29 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Southend United | 27 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 27 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Swansea City | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 25 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||