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