| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Ham United | 32 | 70 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Notts. County | 31 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Swansea City | 32 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Cambridge United | 31 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Chelsea | 32 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 32 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 32 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 32 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Luton Town | 31 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Orient | 32 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Newcastle United | 31 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 32 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 32 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 32 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 32 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Preston North End | 31 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Bristol City | 31 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 32 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 31 | |||