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 Swindon Town 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