| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 26 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 25 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 24 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Derby County | 25 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 25 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Rotherham United | 25 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Coventry City | 26 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Preston North End | 26 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 25 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 24 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Swansea Town | 25 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 26 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 36 | |||