Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Oxford United 40 80   17 2 1 58 15   7 6 7 19 18
2 Birmingham City 40 78   11 6 3 29 15   13 0 7 29 18
3 Manchester City 40 71   13 4 3 37 15   7 7 6 22 21
4 Portsmouth 40 68   10 6 4 36 24   8 8 4 28 25
5 Blackburn Rovers 40 67   13 3 4 35 15   6 7 7 25 25
6 Leeds United 40 66   11 7 2 36 11   7 5 8 29 31
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 40 66   12 6 2 30 11   6 6 8 19 21
8 Shrewsbury Town 40 65   12 6 2 45 20   6 5 9 21 30
9 Fulham 40 62   12 3 5 34 26   6 5 9 32 36
10 Grimsby Town 40 59   13 1 6 45 28   4 7 9 23 32
11 Barnsley 40 57   11 6 3 27 12   3 9 8 15 26
12 Wimbledon 40 54   8 8 4 38 28   7 1 12 31 46
13 Huddersfield Town 39 54   9 4 6 26 25   6 5 9 23 33
14 Carlisle United 40 47   8 5 7 25 18   5 3 12 22 41
15 Oldham Athletic 40 47   9 4 7 25 22   4 4 12 17 42
16 Crystal Palace 40 45   8 7 5 25 25   3 5 12 18 38
17 Charlton Athletic 40 44   8 6 6 31 27   3 5 12 16 28
18 Sheffield United 39 43   7 6 7 30 25   3 7 9 21 35
19 Middlesbrough 40 36   6 7 7 22 26   3 2 15 17 31
20 Cardiff City 40 35   5 3 12 24 39   4 5 11 22 35
21 Notts. County 40 34   5 5 10 22 30   4 2 14 20 40
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers 40 30   4 4 12 16 31   3 5 12 19 44