| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 25 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 24 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 24 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 23 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Manchester City | 24 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Rotherham United | 24 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 12 | Coventry City | 25 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 25 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 33 | |||
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 24 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 23 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Swansea Town | 24 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 25 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 36 | |||