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