| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 41 | 72 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Birmingham City | 39 | 69 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Stockport County | 41 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Brentford | 41 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 40 | 65 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 41 | 65 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Peterborough United | 40 | 65 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 8 | AFC Bournemouth | 41 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 41 | 63 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 41 | 58 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 33 | |||
| 11 | 40 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 39 | 54 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 40 | 54 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 40 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 42 | |||
| 15 | Bradford City | 41 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 40 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 39 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Hull City | 40 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 40 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Chester City | 41 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 37 | ||||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 41 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 35 | |||
| 23 | 40 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 37 | ||||
| 24 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 46 | ||||