Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sunderland 28 57   10 1 2 29 12   7 5 3 23 17
2 Leeds United 27 55   7 6 0 21 9   8 4 2 24 12
3 Preston North End 27 53   7 6 0 24 11   8 2 4 30 26
4 Charlton Athletic 26 47   8 2 3 31 18   6 3 4 22 28
5 Swindon Town 27 42   8 5 1 28 11   3 4 6 13 21
6 Newcastle United 27 42   9 2 3 34 18   4 1 8 15 27
7 Southampton 25 39   8 1 3 38 18   3 5 5 16 22
8 Manchester City 26 39   7 2 4 34 18   4 4 5 20 23
9 Middlesbrough 26 38   10 2 2 35 8   1 3 8 14 24
10 Portsmouth 27 38   5 6 3 30 22   5 2 6 22 21
11 Norwich City 27 35   7 3 4 31 22   2 5 6 19 28
12 Rotherham United 26 35   8 2 3 26 17   2 3 8 24 34
13 Northampton Town 27 35   6 0 7 23 22   4 5 5 16 19
14 Swansea Town 27 33   8 1 4 28 16   1 5 8 13 31
15 Derby County 26 32   5 3 5 18 19   3 5 5 11 19
16 Leyton Orient 26 32   5 4 3 16 13   3 4 7 13 25
17 Cardiff City 25 30   6 5 2 18 15   2 1 9 16 37
18 Huddersfield Town 26 29   7 3 3 21 13   1 2 10 12 28
19 Grimsby Town 27 24   4 4 5 19 21   1 5 8 10 32
20 25 23   3 4 5 21 19   3 1 9 14 31
21 Scunthorpe United 24 21   4 6 4 18 17   1 0 9 6 26
22 Plymouth Argyle 28 18   2 5 7 15 26   1 4 9 12 27