| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 23 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 22 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Rotherham United | 23 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 22 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 22 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 22 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 23 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 24 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Chester City | 24 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 21 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 22 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 23 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 21 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Blackpool | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||