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