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