| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 27 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 26 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 26 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 25 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 26 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 27 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 25 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 28 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 26 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 27 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | Brentford | 27 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Chester City | 24 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 26 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 25 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||