| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 16 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 16 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Fulham | 15 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 15 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Luton Town | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 16 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Orient | 15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ||||