| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Ham United | 31 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 30 | 52 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 31 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Grimsby Town | 31 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 47 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Derby County | 31 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 30 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 30 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 30 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Orient | 31 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 29 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 31 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 30 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 30 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 29 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Preston North End | 30 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Bristol City | 30 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 31 | |||