| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Ham United | 19 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 19 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Notts. County | 19 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Port Vale | 19 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 19 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 18 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 19 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 19 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 19 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Oxford United | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Hull City | 19 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 24 | Watford | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||