Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 36 69   14 3 1 47 16   7 3 8 26 27
2 Northampton Town 36 65   13 5 0 31 12   4 9 5 21 27
3 Bolton Wanderers 34 61   11 4 2 40 16   7 3 7 34 34
4 Norwich City 36 61   13 4 1 42 18   5 3 10 13 26
5 Derby County 36 58   11 5 2 43 25   5 5 8 32 37
6 Southampton 36 54   10 5 3 43 22   4 7 7 31 35
7 Plymouth Argyle 35 52   9 6 3 28 19   6 1 10 25 41
8 Ipswich Town 36 51   9 6 3 42 27   3 9 6 22 30
9 Crystal Palace 35 51   10 3 4 31 20   4 6 8 14 24
10 Coventry City 35 49   8 5 5 35 27   6 2 9 24 34
11 Manchester City 35 48   10 2 5 35 19   4 4 10 22 33
12 Preston North End 36 47   9 7 2 39 26   3 4 11 27 45
13 Huddersfield Town 35 45   8 4 5 20 14   4 5 9 23 34
14 Rotherham United 34 44   8 6 3 34 22   3 5 9 26 37
15 35 44   8 4 5 32 23   4 4 10 18 31
16 Swindon Town 36 43   11 2 5 38 25   2 2 14 19 47
17 Middlesbrough 35 38   6 5 7 33 28   4 3 10 28 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 38   7 4 7 30 32   3 4 10 21 35
19 Cardiff City 34 37   7 6 4 32 22   1 7 9 17 29
20 Leyton Orient 33 37   8 2 6 30 29   2 5 10 13 32
21 Portsmouth 36 36   8 4 6 28 22   1 5 12 17 47
22 Swansea Town 35 34   7 7 4 34 26   1 3 13 17 41