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