| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 34 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 34 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 34 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 31 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 34 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 6 | Bristol City | 33 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Blackpool | 34 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 35 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 35 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Walsall | 30 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 33 | |||
| 12 | 33 | 42 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | ||||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 36 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Chester City | 31 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 33 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 34 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 34 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 18 | 34 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 34 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 20 | 33 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 38 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 32 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 40 | |||
| 22 | Newport County | 34 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 36 | |||
| 23 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 32 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 28 | |||