| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 18 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 18 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Stoke City | 18 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Orient | 18 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Hull City | 18 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 18 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 18 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 18 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | |||