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