| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Stoke City | 20 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 19 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Walsall | 20 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 19 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 19 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 20 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 19 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 20 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 20 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Colchester United | 19 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Wrexham | 20 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Burnley | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 19 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Northampton Town | 20 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | |||