| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Southampton | 29 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Blackpool | 29 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 30 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 28 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 11 | Fulham | 27 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Sunderland | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 27 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 28 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 36 | |||
| 17 | Stoke City | 26 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 28 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Hull City | 28 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 28 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 29 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 34 | |||