| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Stoke City | 20 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Sunderland | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 20 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 19 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Fulham | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 19 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Orient | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Luton Town | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Cambridge United | 20 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 20 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Leicester City | 19 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield United | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Cardiff City | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||