| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 16 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 16 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Swansea City | 17 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 17 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Bristol City | 17 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Chester City | 17 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Blackpool | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 18 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Notts. County | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 23 | Aldershot | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |||