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 14 27   6 2 0 19 7   2 1 3 9 12
3 Leicester City 14 24   5 2 1 10 7   2 1 3 8 9
4 West Ham United 13 23   2 1 2 9 4   5 1 2 15 6
5 Tranmere Rovers 13 22   5 3 0 16 4   1 1 3 7 9
6 Charlton Athletic 13 22   3 3 1 10 5   3 1 2 8 6
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 22   2 4 1 12 10   3 3 1 8 3
8 Millwall 13 20   4 2 0 15 4   1 3 3 4 7
9 Watford 14 19   4 1 2 13 12   1 3 3 10 13
10 Derby County 13 18   2 0 3 10 10   3 3 2 12 8
11 Portsmouth 13 18   4 0 1 10 2   1 3 4 10 16
12 Grimsby Town 13 18   3 2 1 10 7   2 1 4 7 8
13 Peterborough United 13 18   1 2 4 5 10   4 1 1 12 7
14 Birmingham City 12 18   4 0 2 7 8   1 3 2 4 9
15 Bristol City 13 17   3 2 2 10 12   2 0 4 9 18
16 Oxford United 13 16   2 4 2 7 5   1 3 1 6 7
17 Cambridge United 14 16   4 0 3 8 10   0 4 3 5 13
18 Notts. County 14 14   1 3 2 5 7   2 2 4 13 22
19 Brentford 13 13   3 2 3 15 11   0 2 3 3 6
20 Barnsley 13 12   2 2 3 8 7   1 1 4 5 7
21 Sunderland 13 12   2 2 2 7 7   1 1 5 3 13
22 Southend United 13 11   1 3 1 5 4   1 2 5 7 13
23 Luton Town 13 11   0 3 3 8 16   2 2 3 6 10
24 Bristol Rovers 14 9   2 1 4 10 17   0 2 5 9 17