| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Norwich City | 20 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Millwall | 20 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Burnley | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Preston North End | 20 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Birmingham City | 20 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 20 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 20 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Blackpool | 20 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 19 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 20 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 19 | Luton Town | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Hull City | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Cardiff City | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Watford | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 23 | |||