| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 44 | 55 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 44 | 53 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 52 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Bradford City | 42 | 52 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 43 | 52 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 45 | 51 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 44 | 51 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | 44 | 49 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 43 | 48 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Oxford United | 45 | 48 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 43 | 48 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 42 | 47 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 43 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 42 | 46 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 43 | 46 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 16 | 42 | 45 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 42 | 44 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 18 | 43 | 43 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 43 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 43 | 43 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 43 | 41 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 22 | Coventry City | 43 | 40 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 23 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 24 | 42 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||||