Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Northampton Town 32 60   12 4 0 29 11   4 8 4 18 22
2 Newcastle United 32 59   12 3 1 42 15   6 2 8 23 25
3 Norwich City 32 57   12 3 1 39 16   5 3 8 13 23
4 Bolton Wanderers 29 50   10 2 2 36 13   5 3 7 28 31
5 Derby County 31 50   10 4 1 37 19   4 4 8 29 35
6 Crystal Palace 31 47   9 3 3 30 18   4 5 7 13 21
7 Plymouth Argyle 32 45   8 5 3 25 17   5 1 10 22 39
8 Southampton 31 44   8 5 3 39 21   3 6 6 26 31
9 31 44   8 4 3 32 20   4 4 8 16 26
10 Manchester City 31 43   9 1 5 30 15   4 3 9 19 27
11 Ipswich Town 32 41   8 5 3 38 26   1 9 6 19 30
12 Preston North End 31 41   7 7 2 31 24   3 4 8 24 36
13 Coventry City 32 40   6 5 5 31 26   5 2 9 22 34
14 Rotherham United 29 39   8 5 2 33 19   2 4 8 19 31
15 Swindon Town 32 38   10 2 4 32 20   2 0 14 18 46
16 Huddersfield Town 31 37   7 3 5 18 14   3 4 9 19 32
17 Charlton Athletic 30 36   7 3 6 27 27   3 3 8 19 30
18 Portsmouth 32 36   8 4 4 27 18   1 5 10 15 39
19 Cardiff City 29 34   7 4 3 28 16   1 6 8 14 25
20 Middlesbrough 31 34   6 5 5 29 21   3 2 10 25 39
21 Leyton Orient 31 33   8 2 6 30 29   1 4 10 11 32
22 Swansea Town 30 30   6 6 3 27 22   1 3 11 15 36