| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 20 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 19 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 17 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 19 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Notts. County | 17 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Hull City | 17 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Carlisle United | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 19 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 18 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||