Pos	Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Nottingham Forest	22	18	4	0	80	26	+54	58
2	Lincoln City	22	18	1	3	66	16	+50	55
3	Sunderland	22	16	2	4	52	30	+22	50
4	Newcastle United	22	10	3	9	58	46	+12	33
5	Preston North End	22	11	1	10	39	39	0	31
6	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	2	12	38	48	-10	26
7	Manchester City	22	7	4	11	29	41	-12	25
8	Tranmere Rovers	22	7	3	12	36	57	-21	24
9	Rotherham United	22	7	1	14	41	62	-20	22
10	Aston Villa	22	6	3	13	49	59	-10	21
11	Stockport County	22	6	1	15	21	54	-33	19
12	Crewe Alexandra	22	5	3	14	30	60	-30	18