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