| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 30 | 63 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 31 | 60 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 32 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 32 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 30 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Brentford | 28 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 9 | 32 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | 32 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Aldershot | 29 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Blackpool | 28 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 30 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Chester City | 31 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 32 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 29 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 30 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 30 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 32 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 40 | ||||
| 23 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 37 | ||||