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