| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 31 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 30 | 55 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 30 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Halifax Town | 32 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 6 | 29 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 31 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Rotherham United | 30 | 43 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 29 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Wrexham | 31 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 29 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 31 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 31 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 31 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 31 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 30 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | 29 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 21 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | ||||
| 22 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 23 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 24 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 24 | ||||