| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 19 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 19 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 19 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 18 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Bristol City | 17 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 19 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 18 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Chester City | 18 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Newport County | 18 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 24 | Port Vale | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||