| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Orient | 27 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Luton Town | 26 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 26 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 27 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 26 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Portsmouth | 25 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 27 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 28 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 28 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 27 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Sunderland | 26 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Aston Villa | 26 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Preston North End | 27 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Oxford United | 27 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||