Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Tranmere Rovers 21 40   8 1 1 23 10   4 3 4 11 12
2 Charlton Athletic 19 38   7 2 1 17 5   4 3 2 8 9
3 Crystal Palace 20 37   7 2 1 20 8   4 2 4 18 15
4 Millwall 21 36   6 3 1 18 10   4 3 4 12 16
5 Leicester City 20 35   6 3 1 22 10   4 2 4 9 8
6 Southend United 20 34   5 3 2 17 9   5 1 4 17 16
7 Stoke City 20 33   7 0 3 16 10   3 3 4 16 22
8 Portsmouth 20 31   6 2 2 16 9   2 5 3 13 19
9 Bristol City 21 30   5 3 2 14 8   3 3 5 11 16
10 Derby County 19 30   7 0 2 21 13   2 3 5 10 19
11 Nottingham Forest 19 29   4 3 2 14 12   4 2 4 15 13
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 28   4 6 1 19 11   2 4 3 14 12
13 Bolton Wanderers 20 27   4 3 2 14 10   3 3 5 13 16
14 Notts. County 20 26   7 1 2 19 11   1 1 8 8 23
15 Middlesbrough 19 24   3 3 3 13 8   3 3 4 13 15
16 West Bromwich Albion 19 23   5 3 2 23 16   1 2 6 9 15
17 Grimsby Town 19 21   2 6 1 11 6   2 3 5 13 17
18 Luton Town 20 20   5 0 5 16 12   1 2 7 7 16
19 Sunderland 19 20   5 1 4 15 11   1 1 7 4 19
20 Birmingham City 20 20   4 3 4 13 16   1 2 6 7 14
21 Barnsley 21 20   2 2 7 10 19   3 3 4 16 20
22 Oxford United 20 19   4 2 4 15 15   1 2 7 9 22
23 Watford 20 19   4 3 3 16 16   1 1 8 8 23
24 Peterborough United 19 15   3 4 3 12 10   0 2 7 4 17