| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 31 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 30 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 28 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Gillingham | 30 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 29 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 29 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 31 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 32 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 31 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 30 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Chester City | 28 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 26 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 17 | 30 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Port Vale | 29 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 29 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 22 | Newport County | 30 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 23 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 28 | ||||