| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Orient | 19 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 18 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 18 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Blackpool | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 17 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 19 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 19 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Preston North End | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Millwall | 18 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 19 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||