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