| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 14 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | West Ham United | 15 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 15 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 15 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Leicester City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Portsmouth | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Derby County | 15 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 15 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Bristol City | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 17 | Birmingham City | 15 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Barnsley | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 20 | Sunderland | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Luton Town | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 23 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||
| 24 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||