| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Luton Town | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 12 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 11 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 12 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Wrexham | 12 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Birmingham City | 12 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Preston North End | 12 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 14 | West Ham United | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Orient | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Fulham | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||