| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leeds United | 23 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 23 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 23 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Swansea Town | 24 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Stoke City | 24 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 24 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Leicester City | 24 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 23 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 24 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 24 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 24 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 38 | ||||
| 19 | West Ham United | 23 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 20 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 36 | ||||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | |||