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