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