| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 15 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 15 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Swansea City | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 16 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 16 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | Reading | 16 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 16 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Chester City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Blackpool | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | Aldershot | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |||