| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 16 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 14 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 15 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Walsall | 16 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Manchester City | 16 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Gillingham | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 16 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Blackpool | 15 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Burnley | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 14 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 18 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | Northampton Town | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||