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