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