| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 22 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 21 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 23 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 22 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Walsall | 23 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 23 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 23 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 23 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 21 | Chester City | 22 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 23 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 22 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||