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