| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 20 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 20 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 20 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 20 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 19 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 20 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | Wigan Athletic | 19 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Chester City | 20 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 12 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Bristol City | 19 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 19 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 20 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 20 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Preston North End | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | ||||