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