| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 21 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 20 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 21 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 20 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 21 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 21 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 13 | Fulham | 21 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | Chester City | 21 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Rotherham United | 21 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Newport County | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Port Vale | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||