| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 23 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 23 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | |||
| 5 | 23 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | 22 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Burnley | 23 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 23 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 23 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 23 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 22 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Wrexham | 23 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 23 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 22 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 32 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 40 | |||