| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Rotherham United | 18 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | ||||
| 4 | Notts. County | 18 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Birmingham City | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 18 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 18 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Preston North End | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Northampton Town | 18 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Blackpool | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 18 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Chester City | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 23 | Brentford | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||