| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 20 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 20 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 20 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 20 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 21 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 20 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Derby County | 20 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 18 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Oxford United | 19 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 20 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Cambridge United | 21 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Notts. County | 21 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | ||||