| 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 | Swindon Town | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 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 | 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 | |||