| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 19 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 19 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 19 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 19 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 18 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| 8 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 19 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Chester City | 18 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Port Vale | 18 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Bristol City | 18 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Rotherham United | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 21 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Preston North End | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 23 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||