Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sheffield United 21 46   10 0 1 27 10   5 1 4 15 14
2 Liverpool 19 37   6 3 1 20 12   5 1 3 19 13
3 Ipswich Town 20 36   6 1 2 21 11   5 2 4 22 19
4 Southampton 20 36   7 1 2 34 16   4 2 4 16 21
5 Norwich City 20 36   8 3 0 26 10   2 3 4 7 13
6 Plymouth Argyle 19 33   7 2 2 26 16   3 1 4 14 13
7 Scunthorpe United 20 31   4 5 0 20 10   4 2 5 20 21
8 Middlesbrough 19 29   5 3 2 20 11   2 5 2 21 25
9 Derby County 20 26   4 5 1 22 14   3 0 7 16 26
10 Sunderland 20 24   5 3 2 22 12   0 6 4 13 17
11 Charlton Athletic 20 24   4 3 4 28 25   2 3 4 16 21
12 Leeds United 19 24   3 2 4 14 19   4 1 5 22 23
13 Rotherham United 19 22   4 4 2 15 9   1 3 5 8 15
14 Luton Town 19 22   6 1 3 24 17   0 3 6 8 20
15 Stoke City 19 22   3 3 3 12 10   2 4 4 6 13
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 22   4 2 3 18 15   2 2 7 14 26
17 Bristol Rovers 19 22   5 2 3 26 22   1 2 6 10 24
18 Portsmouth 19 22   6 1 1 16 7   0 3 8 18 41
19 Leyton Orient 18 21   2 1 5 10 17   4 2 4 17 19
20 Huddersfield Town 19 19   2 2 6 15 22   3 2 4 13 16
21 Lincoln City 20 19   3 2 5 15 16   2 2 6 11 23
22 Swansea Town 19 17   3 3 3 16 15   1 2 7 10 24