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