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