| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 28 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 27 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 27 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Derby County | 26 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 26 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 28 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 28 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 11 | Manchester City | 26 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Rotherham United | 25 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 27 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 25 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 27 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Swansea Town | 27 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 28 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 38 | |||