| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sunderland | 26 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 27 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 26 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 26 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 26 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Blackpool | 27 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 27 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 25 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Hull City | 28 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 27 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 26 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 27 | ||||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 27 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | |||