Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sunderland 29 60   11 1 2 35 12   7 5 3 23 17
2 Leeds United 28 56   7 7 0 22 10   8 4 2 24 12
3 Preston North End 28 56   8 6 0 27 11   8 2 4 30 26
4 Charlton Athletic 27 50   9 2 3 33 18   6 3 4 22 28
5 Southampton 26 42   9 1 3 45 20   3 5 5 16 22
6 28 42   8 5 1 28 11   3 4 7 13 27
7 Newcastle United 28 42   9 2 3 34 18   4 1 9 15 30
8 Manchester City 27 39   7 2 4 34 18   4 4 6 21 25
9 Middlesbrough 27 38   10 2 2 35 8   1 3 9 16 27
10 Portsmouth 28 38   5 6 4 33 26   5 2 6 22 21
11 Rotherham United 27 38   9 2 3 30 17   2 3 8 24 34
12 Northampton Town 28 38   7 0 7 25 23   4 5 5 16 19
13 Norwich City 28 35   7 3 4 31 22   2 5 7 19 32
14 Leyton Orient 27 35   6 4 3 19 15   3 4 7 13 25
15 Swansea Town 27 33   8 1 4 28 16   1 5 8 13 31
16 Derby County 28 33   5 4 5 20 21   3 5 6 11 21
17 Cardiff City 26 31   6 5 2 18 15   2 2 9 17 38
18 Huddersfield Town 27 30   7 3 3 21 13   1 3 10 14 30
19 Scunthorpe United 27 25   4 6 4 18 17   2 1 10 14 38
20 Grimsby Town 28 25   4 5 5 21 23   1 5 8 10 32
21 26 23   3 4 5 21 19   3 1 10 14 32
22 Plymouth Argyle 29 21   3 5 7 16 26   1 4 9 12 27