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