| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 21 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 21 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Preston North End | 21 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Halifax Town | 21 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 21 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 22 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 21 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 21 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 21 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 21 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Barnsley | 21 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 21 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 20 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | ||||