| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 17 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 17 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 15 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 10 | Walsall | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 17 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 17 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Newport County | 16 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 17 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 21 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | Rotherham United | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 23 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 24 | Port Vale | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||