| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Orient | 17 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 17 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Aston Villa | 17 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 17 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Sunderland | 15 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 17 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Portsmouth | 16 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |||