| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 25 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 26 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 25 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 23 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 24 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Wrexham | 24 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | ||||
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 24 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Swansea City | 23 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 27 | |||