Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Crystal Palace 29 54   10 3 1 27 12   6 3 6 23 22
2 Charlton Athletic 29 51   10 2 3 23 9   5 4 5 16 17
3 Millwall 29 50   10 4 1 26 11   4 4 6 15 22
4 Leicester City 29 49   10 4 1 36 19   4 3 7 13 18
5 Tranmere Rovers 30 48   10 2 3 30 16   4 4 7 12 20
6 Nottingham Forest 28 47   6 6 2 22 14   7 2 5 24 18
7 Derby County 29 46   11 0 3 32 17   3 4 8 14 25
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 43   7 6 2 24 13   3 7 4 18 16
9 Southend United 30 43   7 3 5 25 19   6 1 8 20 23
10 Stoke City 29 43   9 2 3 22 14   3 5 7 16 29
11 Bolton Wanderers 30 42   7 5 2 24 15   4 4 8 15 20
12 Bristol City 30 42   7 4 4 19 15   4 5 6 13 18
13 Notts. County 29 40   10 1 3 26 16   2 3 10 14 32
14 Sunderland 29 38   9 2 4 21 13   2 3 9 9 23
15 Portsmouth 29 38   6 5 3 17 12   3 6 6 15 25
16 Middlesbrough 28 37   6 5 3 22 11   3 5 6 16 20
17 Luton Town 28 35   8 0 5 23 14   2 5 8 13 22
18 Grimsby Town 29 35   3 10 1 17 11   4 4 7 18 22
19 West Bromwich Albion 30 33   6 6 3 27 20   2 3 10 15 27
20 Barnsley 29 31   4 3 8 16 21   4 4 6 21 24
21 Watford 30 31   6 4 5 26 24   2 3 10 17 34
22 Birmingham City 30 29   6 6 4 17 17   1 2 11 13 28
23 Peterborough United 28 27   5 6 4 16 12   1 3 9 9 22
24 Oxford United 30 26   5 3 7 19 27   1 5 9 13 30