Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 West Ham United 17 37   8 0 1 23 6   3 4 1 7 5
2 Notts. County 17 36   6 3 0 15 5   4 3 1 8 7
3 Chelsea 18 35   4 3 2 17 8   6 2 1 18 10
4 Sheffield Wednesday 18 31   8 1 0 18 5   1 3 5 7 16
5 Swansea City 17 28   4 2 2 13 9   3 5 1 11 7
6 Blackburn Rovers 18 28   6 2 1 15 5   2 2 5 7 13
7 Cambridge United 18 28   6 0 3 15 9   3 1 5 9 17
8 Orient 18 26   5 2 2 16 7   2 3 4 11 14
9 Newcastle United 18 26   5 3 1 10 6   2 2 5 6 19
10 Luton Town 18 25   4 3 2 14 10   3 1 5 10 13
11 Derby County 17 24   3 3 2 13 13   3 3 3 10 12
12 Queens Park Rangers 18 23   5 2 2 17 6   1 3 5 8 12
13 Cardiff City 18 22   5 1 3 12 9   2 0 7 8 18
14 Watford 17 20   6 1 2 14 9   0 1 7 7 16
15 Preston North End 17 20   3 4 1 9 5   1 4 4 5 13
16 Bolton Wanderers 17 19   4 2 2 18 10   1 2 6 8 16
17 Shrewsbury Town 18 19   4 3 2 14 10   0 4 5 3 11
18 18 19   3 2 4 9 12   2 2 5 6 9
19 Oldham Athletic 18 18   4 4 1 8 3   0 2 7 4 15
20 Grimsby Town 17 17   3 5 1 4 2   0 3 5 4 13
21 Bristol City 18 15   3 4 2 9 6   0 2 7 4 19
22 Bristol Rovers 18 11   1 5 3 10 11   0 3 6 5 18