| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swansea Town | 17 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 16 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 16 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Stoke City | 17 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Leeds United | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Leicester City | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 15 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 16 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 17 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Rotherham United | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 27 | |||