| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 15 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 15 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 15 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 15 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 7 | Chelsea | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Swansea City | 15 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 15 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 21 | Cambridge United | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||