| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 24 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 2 | West Ham United | 24 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Millwall | 24 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 24 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 24 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 23 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 25 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Derby County | 24 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 24 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 25 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 21 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 24 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 23 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 24 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 22 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | Luton Town | 23 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 23 | Cambridge United | 24 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 24 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |||