Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sunderland 17 34   5 2 1 24 9   5 2 2 12 7
2 Walsall 17 33   4 3 2 11 8   5 3 0 15 5
3 Northampton Town 17 30   5 2 1 13 4   3 4 2 17 11
4 Notts. County 17 30   4 4 1 19 11   4 2 2 11 10
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 30   6 2 1 14 7   2 4 2 11 10
6 Fulham 16 29   4 1 3 16 8   5 1 2 12 7
7 17 26   4 4 1 16 10   3 1 4 7 9
8 Wigan Athletic 16 26   2 3 2 11 11   5 2 2 15 14
9 Brentford 17 26   3 4 2 8 7   4 1 3 12 13
10 17 25   5 2 2 27 5   1 5 2 11 13
11 Bristol City 16 25   4 2 1 15 11   3 2 4 12 16
12 Chester City 16 25   4 0 4 9 12   3 4 1 12 11
13 Port Vale 16 24   6 3 0 16 6   1 0 6 6 10
14 Blackpool 16 22   4 1 3 12 9   2 3 3 10 10
15 Mansfield Town 16 21   4 2 3 10 7   2 1 4 9 12
16 Bristol Rovers 17 20   5 1 3 19 13   0 4 4 9 16
17 Rotherham United 17 20   3 3 2 14 9   1 5 3 8 13
18 17 19   4 1 3 10 10   2 0 7 3 22
19 Aldershot 15 17   4 1 1 16 12   1 1 7 10 22
20 Grimsby Town 17 15   1 1 6 7 15   3 2 4 9 10
21 Preston North End 17 15   1 4 4 7 11   2 2 4 6 14
22 16 13   4 0 5 9 14   0 1 6 3 17
23 Southend United 17 11   1 4 3 10 13   1 1 7 12 35
24 17 8   1 3 4 11 17   0 2 7 7 17