| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 17 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 17 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 16 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 16 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 17 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Orient | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Blackpool | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 18 | Hull City | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 21 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | ||||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |||