Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 18 46   8 1 1 22 5   7 0 1 16 9
2 Tranmere Rovers 18 34   7 3 0 22 6   3 1 4 10 14
3 West Ham United 18 33   5 1 2 19 8   5 2 3 17 9
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 32   5 4 1 21 13   3 4 2 10 7
5 18 32   7 2 1 22 11   2 3 3 11 14
6 Millwall 18 30   6 2 0 21 6   2 4 4 7 10
7 Portsmouth 18 29   7 0 1 18 2   1 5 4 15 21
8 Grimsby Town 18 28   4 3 1 13 9   4 1 5 15 12
9 Leicester City 19 28   5 3 3 12 11   3 1 4 10 12
10 Charlton Athletic 19 26   4 4 2 13 8   3 1 5 9 11
11 Peterborough United 16 25   2 3 4 11 13   5 1 1 14 8
12 Barnsley 18 24   4 2 4 10 8   3 1 4 12 9
13 Derby County 18 24   2 0 6 12 15   5 3 2 16 9
14 Bristol City 18 24   5 3 2 16 14   2 0 6 11 24
15 Oxford United 18 23   3 5 2 16 10   2 3 3 12 13
16 Watford 18 23   4 2 3 14 14   2 3 4 11 15
17 Brentford 18 22   5 2 4 19 14   1 2 4 7 9
18 Sunderland 18 21   3 2 3 10 9   3 1 6 7 18
19 Birmingham City 17 19   4 0 3 9 11   1 4 5 5 16
20 Cambridge United 19 18   4 1 4 12 15   0 5 5 8 22
21 Notts. County 19 15   1 4 3 7 11   2 2 7 14 28
22 Southend United 18 14   2 3 3 8 9   1 2 7 9 19
23 Luton Town 17 13   0 4 4 10 21   2 3 4 9 17
24 Bristol Rovers 19 13   2 1 6 12 24   1 3 6 12 23