| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 14 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 15 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 14 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 14 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 14 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 14 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Fulham | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Carlisle United | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Orient | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||