| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 19 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 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 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 19 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Leicester City | 20 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 19 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Peterborough United | 17 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Oxford United | 18 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Birmingham City | 18 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 23 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 24 | Notts. County | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 28 | |||