| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 20 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Stoke City | 21 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | West Ham United | 19 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Rotherham United | 18 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 19 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Swansea Town | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||