| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 21 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Swansea City | 23 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 21 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 23 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Chester City | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 8 | 23 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Preston North End | 23 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 22 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Reading | 22 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Northampton Town | 23 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Blackpool | 22 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | Notts. County | 22 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 24 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | Aldershot | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 30 | |||