| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 17 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Swansea Town | 18 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 18 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 17 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Liverpool | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 18 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 17 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 11 | Leicester City | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 18 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 17 | West Ham United | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 27 | |||