| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Liverpool | 21 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Stoke City | 21 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 20 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 20 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Rotherham United | 19 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Derby County | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 19 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Swansea Town | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | |||