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