| 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 | 19 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 19 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 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 | Peterborough United | 17 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 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 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 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 | Luton Town | 18 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 19 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 23 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||