| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | ||||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Cambridge United | 26 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Brentford | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 31 | 45 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 29 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 27 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Stoke City | 28 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 28 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Swansea City | 26 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Exeter City | 30 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Chester City | 26 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 29 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Fulham | 29 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Rotherham United | 27 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 31 | |||