| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 15 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Orient | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 15 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | |||