Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 13 33   6 0 1 16 4   5 0 1 10 6
2 15 27   6 2 1 19 9   2 1 3 9 12
3 Tranmere Rovers 14 25   6 3 0 19 4   1 1 3 7 9
4 West Ham United 14 24   2 1 2 9 4   5 2 2 16 7
5 Leicester City 14 24   5 2 1 10 7   2 1 3 8 9
6 Charlton Athletic 14 23   3 4 1 10 5   3 1 2 8 6
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 15 22   2 4 1 12 10   3 3 2 8 5
8 Derby County 14 21   2 0 3 10 10   4 3 2 14 8
9 Peterborough United 14 21   1 2 4 5 10   5 1 1 14 8
10 Millwall 13 20   4 2 0 15 4   1 3 3 4 7
11 Grimsby Town 14 19   3 3 1 11 8   2 1 4 7 8
12 Portsmouth 14 19   4 0 1 10 2   1 4 4 15 21
13 Watford 15 19   4 1 3 14 14   1 3 3 10 13
14 Birmingham City 13 19   4 0 2 7 8   1 4 2 4 9
15 Oxford United 14 17   2 5 2 12 10   1 3 1 6 7
16 Bristol City 13 17   3 2 2 10 12   2 0 4 9 18
17 Cambridge United 15 17   4 1 3 11 13   0 4 3 5 13
18 Brentford 14 16   3 2 3 15 11   1 2 3 5 6
19 Barnsley 14 15   2 2 3 8 7   2 1 4 10 8
20 Sunderland 14 15   3 2 2 9 7   1 1 5 3 13
21 Notts. County 15 14   1 3 3 5 9   2 2 4 13 22
22 Luton Town 14 12   0 3 3 8 16   2 3 3 9 13
23 Southend United 14 11   1 3 1 5 4   1 2 6 7 16
24 Bristol Rovers 15 9   2 1 5 11 22   0 2 5 9 17