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