| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 47 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 29 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 27 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 29 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 28 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Watford | 26 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | Brentford | 29 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Southend United | 28 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 26 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Swansea City | 27 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 28 | |||