Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Middlesbrough 16 35   5 2 1 9 5   5 3 0 9 3
2 Aston Villa 16 27   5 3 0 17 6   2 3 3 5 8
3 Orient 16 26   4 3 1 12 6   2 5 1 13 10
4 Blackpool 16 25   4 2 2 13 6   3 2 3 8 9
5 Carlisle United 16 25   5 2 1 15 5   2 2 4 8 14
6 Notts. County 15 25   4 3 1 13 10   3 1 3 9 9
7 Nottingham Forest 16 24   5 2 1 16 4   1 4 3 7 9
8 Luton Town 13 24   4 2 0 18 8   3 1 3 8 11
9 Bristol City 16 24   4 1 3 9 7   3 2 3 9 9
10 West Bromwich Albion 16 22   3 4 1 10 8   2 3 3 7 10
11 Hull City 16 21   4 4 0 10 3   1 2 5 6 15
12 Preston North End 16 21   4 3 1 13 9   1 3 4 7 13
13 Portsmouth 15 21   4 1 3 11 9   2 2 3 10 16
14 Sunderland 13 20   2 3 1 9 5   3 2 2 9 6
15 Millwall 16 20   4 1 3 13 7   2 1 5 9 15
16 Fulham 16 20   4 2 2 6 6   1 3 4 4 11
17 Bolton Wanderers 14 17   4 1 2 8 5   1 1 5 3 8
18 Sheffield Wednesday 16 17   4 2 2 13 7   1 0 7 4 14
19 Oxford United 16 14   3 3 2 9 8   0 2 6 3 14
20 Swindon Town 16 13   3 2 3 8 8   0 2 6 4 15
21 Cardiff City 14 12   2 2 3 8 6   0 4 3 9 18
22 Crystal Palace 16 7   0 2 6 8 16   1 2 5 3 11