| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 17 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 17 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 17 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 15 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 16 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Hull City | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 16 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Orient | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||