| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 16 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 2 | West Ham United | 15 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Chelsea | 16 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Swansea City | 16 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Orient | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Cambridge United | 16 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Newcastle United | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 16 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 14 | Wrexham | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Preston North End | 16 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Cardiff City | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Bristol City | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |||