| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Cardiff City | 29 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 29 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 29 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | ||||
| 7 | 27 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | ||||
| 8 | Burnley | 30 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Swansea City | 31 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 30 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 29 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 28 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 28 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Exeter City | 29 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Wrexham | 28 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 31 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 22 | Carlisle United | 30 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 38 | |||
| 23 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | Newport County | 29 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 47 | |||