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