Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sunderland 18 37   6 1 1 15 6   5 3 2 16 10
2 Leeds United 17 36   5 3 0 16 6   5 3 1 17 7
3 Preston North End 17 35   4 4 0 13 8   6 1 2 22 16
4 17 34   7 1 1 22 7   3 3 2 11 10
5 Charlton Athletic 17 33   7 0 1 25 12   3 3 3 13 20
6 Middlesbrough 17 28   7 2 0 25 4   1 2 5 9 14
7 Portsmouth 18 26   3 4 2 15 14   4 1 4 17 15
8 Northampton Town 17 26   4 0 5 12 13   4 2 2 13 10
9 Manchester City 17 23   4 2 3 15 11   2 3 3 11 15
10 Southampton 16 22   4 1 2 22 13   2 3 4 10 16
11 Derby County 16 22   3 1 3 9 9   3 3 3 11 13
12 Leyton Orient 16 22   4 2 1 11 8   2 2 5 7 15
13 17 21   3 3 3 18 14   3 0 5 8 13
14 Cardiff City 16 21   3 5 1 11 8   2 1 4 12 18
15 Huddersfield Town 17 20   5 1 3 15 12   1 1 6 7 16
16 Swansea Town 17 20   5 1 2 14 10   0 4 5 7 19
17 Newcastle United 17 19   5 1 3 21 15   1 0 7 9 21
18 Rotherham United 16 18   5 1 2 16 11   0 2 6 13 22
19 Norwich City 17 14   3 3 3 16 15   0 2 6 11 22
20 Grimsby Town 17 14   2 2 4 10 14   1 3 5 8 19
21 Scunthorpe United 15 10   2 4 3 8 9   0 0 6 2 11
22 Plymouth Argyle 18 9   1 3 5 11 22   0 3 6 7 18