| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 20 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 20 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 20 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Sunderland | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 20 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 20 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 27 | |||