| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 25 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 24 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 23 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 24 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 22 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 24 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 22 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Cardiff City | 24 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 26 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Hull City | 23 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 25 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 24 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 30 | ||||