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