| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 17 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 17 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Stoke City | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 17 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Rotherham United | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Derby County | 17 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | ||||