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