| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 31 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 52 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 31 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Burnley | 32 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 6 | 31 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Scunthorpe United | 31 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 8 | 28 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 32 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 31 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 31 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 32 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 31 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 31 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Peterborough United | 30 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 32 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 30 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 32 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | 33 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 35 | ||||
| 20 | Wrexham | 30 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 31 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 22 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 23 | Carlisle United | 31 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 38 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 31 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 49 | |||