| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 22 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 22 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 21 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 22 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 21 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Walsall | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 22 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 22 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 22 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 21 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 20 | Chester City | 22 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 21 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 22 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 22 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||