Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 22 43   9 2 0 32 8   4 2 5 15 16
2 Northampton Town 22 41   8 2 0 16 7   3 6 3 15 19
3 Norwich City 22 38   8 2 1 27 14   3 3 5 7 11
4 Bolton Wanderers 20 37   8 0 1 30 10   4 1 6 23 24
5 Plymouth Argyle 22 36   7 3 1 18 11   4 0 7 17 24
6 Crystal Palace 22 34   6 2 3 20 13   4 2 5 10 15
7 Southampton 21 33   6 2 2 24 14   3 4 4 22 21
8 Derby County 22 33   6 4 1 29 18   3 2 6 21 26
9 Middlesbrough 22 32   6 3 2 25 12   3 2 6 19 23
10 Manchester City 21 31   7 0 4 25 12   3 1 6 16 21
11 Rotherham United 22 31   7 2 2 29 16   2 2 7 17 26
12 Coventry City 22 28   4 3 4 21 19   4 1 6 14 22
13 Charlton Athletic 20 27   6 0 5 19 19   2 3 4 14 17
14 Leyton Orient 22 27   6 2 3 20 17   1 4 6 11 26
15 22 26   5 4 2 24 14   2 1 8 9 21
16 Preston North End 22 26   4 5 2 18 17   2 3 6 21 30
17 22 25   8 1 3 26 18   0 0 10 10 34
18 Cardiff City 21 24   4 4 2 16 13   1 5 5 11 18
19 Ipswich Town 22 24   4 4 3 22 20   1 5 5 14 22
20 Huddersfield Town 21 23   3 2 5 11 12   3 3 5 13 20
21 Swansea Town 22 21   5 4 2 21 15   0 2 9 9 27
22 Portsmouth 22 21   6 2 4 19 15   0 1 9 6 29