| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 22 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 5 | Cardiff City | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 21 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Halifax Town | 22 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 22 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Burnley | 21 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Peterborough United | 21 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 21 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 22 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 33 | |||