| 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 | |||