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