| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 21 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Walsall | 22 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 21 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 21 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 22 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | Bristol City | 21 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Blackpool | 20 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Chester City | 22 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 20 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 19 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 21 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Preston North End | 21 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | ||||