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