Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 17 43   7 1 1 18 4   7 0 1 16 9
2 18 32   7 2 1 22 11   2 3 3 11 14
3 Tranmere Rovers 17 31   7 3 0 22 6   2 1 4 8 13
4 West Ham United 17 30   4 1 2 16 7   5 2 3 17 9
5 Millwall 17 30   6 2 0 21 6   2 4 3 7 9
6 Grimsby Town 17 28   4 3 1 13 9   4 1 4 14 10
7 Leicester City 18 28   5 3 2 12 10   3 1 4 10 12
8 Portsmouth 17 26   6 0 1 17 2   1 5 4 15 21
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 26   3 4 1 17 11   3 4 2 10 7
10 Charlton Athletic 17 26   4 4 2 13 8   3 1 3 8 8
11 Peterborough United 16 25   2 3 4 11 13   5 1 1 14 8
12 Derby County 17 24   2 0 5 11 13   5 3 2 16 9
13 Oxford United 17 23   3 5 2 16 10   2 3 2 12 12
14 Watford 18 23   4 2 3 14 14   2 3 4 11 15
15 Barnsley 17 21   3 2 4 9 8   3 1 4 12 9
16 Bristol City 17 21   4 3 2 15 14   2 0 6 11 24
17 Brentford 17 19   4 2 4 18 14   1 2 4 7 9
18 Birmingham City 16 19   4 0 3 9 11   1 4 4 4 13
19 Sunderland 17 18   3 2 3 10 9   2 1 6 6 18
20 Cambridge United 18 18   4 1 4 12 15   0 5 4 7 18
21 Notts. County 18 15   1 4 3 7 11   2 2 6 14 27
22 Southend United 17 14   2 3 2 8 8   1 2 7 9 19
23 Luton Town 17 13   0 4 4 10 21   2 3 4 9 17
24 Bristol Rovers 18 10   2 1 6 12 24   0 3 6 11 23