| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 12 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 12 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 12 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 12 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 8 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Chester City | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 13 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 14 | Blackpool | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||||
| 20 | Rotherham United | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Preston North End | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||||