| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Ham United | 23 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 22 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 22 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Swindon Town | 23 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Newcastle United | 21 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Leicester City | 22 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 23 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Hull City | 23 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Oxford United | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | |||