| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 29 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 30 | 60 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 29 | 56 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 30 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Northampton Town | 31 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Brentford | 28 | 47 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 28 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 31 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | 31 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Aldershot | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 30 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 31 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 27 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Chester City | 30 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 28 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Rotherham United | 29 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 29 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 22 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 40 | ||||
| 23 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 35 | ||||