Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Middlesbrough 18 39   6 2 1 12 5   5 4 0 11 5
2 Orient 18 32   5 3 1 14 6   3 5 1 14 10
3 Luton Town 16 29   5 2 0 20 9   3 3 3 10 13
4 Notts. County 17 29   4 4 1 15 12   4 1 3 12 10
5 Nottingham Forest 18 28   6 2 1 18 4   1 5 3 7 9
6 Blackpool 18 28   5 2 2 15 6   3 2 4 8 10
7 Aston Villa 18 28   5 4 0 18 7   2 3 4 5 9
8 Carlisle United 18 28   6 2 1 17 6   2 2 5 8 16
9 Bristol City 18 27   5 1 3 11 7   3 2 4 10 11
10 West Bromwich Albion 18 25   4 4 1 12 8   2 3 4 7 12
11 Hull City 18 25   5 4 0 11 3   1 3 5 7 16
12 Sunderland 16 24   3 4 1 12 5   3 2 3 9 8
13 Preston North End 18 23   4 4 1 15 11   1 4 4 8 14
14 Fulham 18 23   5 2 2 8 6   1 3 5 4 13
15 Portsmouth 17 22   4 2 3 13 11   2 2 4 10 18
16 Millwall 18 21   4 1 4 13 8   2 2 5 10 16
17 Oxford United 18 18   3 4 2 10 9   1 2 6 4 14
18 Sheffield Wednesday 18 17   4 2 3 13 8   1 0 8 5 16
19 Bolton Wanderers 17 17   4 1 3 9 8   1 1 7 3 12
20 Cardiff City 17 16   3 3 3 9 6   0 4 4 9 21
21 18 16   4 2 3 9 8   0 2 7 4 17
22 Crystal Palace 18 9   0 3 6 9 17   1 3 5 5 13