Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 41 80   16 3 1 50 16   8 5 8 31 29
2 Northampton Town 40 72   13 6 0 33 14   6 9 6 29 34
3 Bolton Wanderers 40 66   12 5 2 45 17   7 4 10 34 41
4 Norwich City 40 64   14 4 2 44 20   5 3 12 13 33
5 Southampton 40 61   11 5 3 46 23   5 8 8 34 38
6 Crystal Palace 41 61   11 6 4 37 24   5 7 8 16 24
7 Derby County 40 59   11 5 5 48 35   5 6 8 34 39
8 Ipswich Town 40 58   10 7 3 45 28   4 9 7 25 36
9 Huddersfield Town 40 58   11 4 5 25 14   5 6 9 25 34
10 Plymouth Argyle 40 55   10 6 4 34 26   6 1 13 26 48
11 Coventry City 39 54   9 5 5 38 27   6 4 10 28 40
12 Manchester City 40 53   11 3 6 38 23   4 5 11 23 38
13 Rotherham United 40 51   10 7 4 39 25   3 5 11 28 41
14 Preston North End 40 49   9 8 2 41 28   3 5 13 30 52
15 Middlesbrough 41 48   8 5 7 39 29   5 4 12 30 45
16 39 48   8 4 7 34 29   5 5 10 22 34
17 Cardiff City 39 47   9 7 4 40 23   2 7 10 19 31
18 Swindon Town 41 47   12 3 6 43 30   2 2 16 19 49
19 Leyton Orient 40 46   10 4 6 35 31   2 6 12 14 38
20 Charlton Athletic 39 45   8 5 8 35 34   4 4 10 26 36
21 Portsmouth 40 45   11 4 6 36 22   1 5 13 18 51
22 Swansea Town 40 40   8 7 5 38 28   2 3 15 22 52