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