| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 28 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 4 | 28 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Bristol City | 27 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 26 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Blackpool | 27 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 29 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 30 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 29 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 28 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 25 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 16 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 28 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 19 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 | ||||
| 20 | Chester City | 26 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 27 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | |||