| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 56 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 30 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Brentford | 29 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 29 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 29 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 31 | 47 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Walsall | 31 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Notts. County | 30 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Stevenage | 28 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Crawley Town | 28 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 29 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 29 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Colchester United | 30 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 22 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 30 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | ||||