| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 29 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 37 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 28 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Swansea Town | 28 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 35 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Leeds United | 27 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 7 | Liverpool | 27 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 29 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 38 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 28 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 27 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 26 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Rotherham United | 27 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 16 | 28 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 37 | ||||
| 17 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 46 | ||||
| 18 | Barnsley | 29 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 19 | West Ham United | 27 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 29 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 43 | |||
| 22 | Hull City | 26 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 37 | |||