| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 12 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 12 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Luton Town | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Burnley | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 21 | Orient | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||