| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Luton Town | 21 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Orient | 22 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 22 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 21 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 22 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 21 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 22 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Aston Villa | 21 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 22 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Millwall | 21 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 22 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||