| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 25 | 52 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Stoke City | 26 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 25 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 7 | Liverpool | 25 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 35 | ||||
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 24 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 26 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Swansea Town | 25 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 41 | |||
| 15 | Lincoln City | 25 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Rotherham United | 25 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 25 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Bristol City | 25 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 39 | ||||
| 22 | Notts. County | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 40 | |||