| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Aston Villa | 28 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 27 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 27 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Halifax Town | 29 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 27 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 27 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 28 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 27 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 28 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 26 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 29 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Swansea City | 27 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 28 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 28 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 25 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 22 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 22 | ||||