| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 29 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 28 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 27 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 29 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | Blackpool | 28 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 27 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 30 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 31 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 30 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 28 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Chester City | 27 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 25 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 20 | 27 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 22 | Newport County | 28 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 28 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 28 | |||