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 25 32   6 3 4 27 17   3 2 7 20 25
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 25 31   9 1 4 28 19   1 0 10 13 34
18 Leyton Orient 26 30   7 2 4 24 22   1 4 8 11 29
19 Cardiff City 23 27   5 4 2 20 13   1 5 6 13 21
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