| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 24 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Swansea City | 25 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 23 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 26 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Chester City | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 24 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 24 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 25 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Blackpool | 25 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 23 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 25 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 26 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 25 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 31 | |||
| 23 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | Aldershot | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 27 | |||