| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 16 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Walsall | 16 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 16 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 15 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | Bristol City | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 15 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 16 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Chester City | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Blackpool | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 21 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | Preston North End | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Southend United | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | ||||