Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sunderland 20 43   7 1 1 19 7   6 3 2 18 11
2 Leeds United 19 40   5 4 0 17 7   6 3 1 19 7
3 Preston North End 19 37   4 5 0 15 10   6 2 2 23 17
4 19 35   7 2 1 22 7   3 3 3 11 12
5 Charlton Athletic 19 33   7 0 2 25 13   3 3 4 14 24
6 Portsmouth 20 32   4 4 2 19 15   5 1 4 20 15
7 Middlesbrough 18 31   8 2 0 27 4   1 2 5 9 14
8 Northampton Town 19 26   4 0 6 14 16   4 2 3 14 13
9 Southampton 17 25   5 1 2 25 14   2 3 4 10 16
10 Derby County 18 25   4 1 3 11 10   3 3 4 11 16
11 Cardiff City 18 24   4 5 1 13 9   2 1 5 13 20
12 Manchester City 18 23   4 2 3 15 11   2 3 4 12 18
13 Newcastle United 19 23   6 1 3 24 16   1 1 7 9 21
14 Huddersfield Town 19 23   6 1 3 17 12   1 1 7 8 18
15 Swansea Town 19 23   5 1 3 15 12   1 4 5 10 21
16 Rotherham United 18 22   6 1 2 17 11   0 3 6 15 24
17 Leyton Orient 18 22   4 2 2 11 10   2 2 6 8 19
18 18 21   3 3 3 18 14   3 0 6 8 15
19 Norwich City 19 20   4 3 3 19 15   1 2 6 13 23
20 Scunthorpe United 17 16   3 4 3 9 9   1 0 6 3 11
21 Grimsby Town 19 14   2 2 5 10 17   1 3 6 8 20
22 Plymouth Argyle 20 9   1 3 6 12 24   0 3 7 7 19