| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Ham United | 28 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 28 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Notts. County | 27 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Swansea City | 28 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Derby County | 28 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Cambridge United | 27 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 28 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Orient | 28 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 27 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 28 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 27 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 26 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 27 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Preston North End | 27 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Bristol City | 28 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 30 | |||