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