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