| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Orient | 20 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Luton Town | 19 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 20 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Sunderland | 19 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 19 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Hull City | 20 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Aston Villa | 19 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Carlisle United | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Millwall | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 20 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |||