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