| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Ham United | 30 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 29 | 49 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 30 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Derby County | 30 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Cambridge United | 29 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 29 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 29 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Orient | 30 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 28 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 30 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 29 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 28 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 29 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 30 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Bristol City | 29 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 31 | |||