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 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