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