| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 24 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 24 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 24 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Preston North End | 23 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 24 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Wrexham | 25 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 23 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Halifax Town | 24 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 23 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 24 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 24 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 23 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Walsall | 24 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 26 | ||||
| 24 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 19 | ||||