| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 22 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 24 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 23 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 24 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 23 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 24 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 24 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | ||||
| 17 | Port Vale | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 23 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 21 | Chester City | 22 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | Newport County | 24 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |||