| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 20 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 20 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 20 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 19 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Southampton | 19 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Chelsea | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Blackpool | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 19 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 20 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 20 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||