| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 27 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 26 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 26 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 25 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 24 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 25 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 25 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 25 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield United | 24 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 27 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 26 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 26 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 21 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 33 | ||||