| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 21 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 20 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 21 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 20 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Gillingham | 21 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 20 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 19 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | 21 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Reading | 20 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Blackpool | 22 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 21 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 21 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 21 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Burnley | 21 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 20 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Northampton Town | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 21 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | |||