| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 18 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 16 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 18 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 17 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 18 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Blackpool | 17 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 16 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 16 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 17 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Wrexham | 18 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 17 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 19 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 18 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||