| 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 | Millwall | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 5 | West Ham United | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 15 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 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 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 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 | |||