| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester City | 21 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Stoke City | 22 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 21 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Lincoln City | 20 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 20 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Liverpool | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Swansea Town | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 21 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Rotherham United | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 | ||||