Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Crystal Palace 25 46   8 2 1 21 8   6 2 6 22 21
2 Millwall 26 46   9 4 1 24 10   4 3 5 13 18
3 Charlton Athletic 25 45   9 2 2 21 7   4 4 4 11 15
4 Tranmere Rovers 26 45   9 2 2 26 13   4 4 5 11 16
5 Leicester City 25 43   8 4 1 32 17   4 3 5 12 12
6 Derby County 25 42   10 0 2 29 15   3 3 7 12 22
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 41   7 6 1 24 12   3 5 4 17 15
8 Stoke City 26 41   9 0 3 20 12   3 5 6 16 26
9 Nottingham Forest 24 40   5 5 2 18 14   6 2 4 21 15
10 Southend United 27 40   7 3 3 24 14   5 1 8 19 23
11 Bristol City 27 38   6 4 3 17 13   4 4 6 13 18
12 Portsmouth 26 37   6 4 2 17 10   3 6 5 14 22
13 Bolton Wanderers 27 36   5 5 2 19 13   4 4 7 15 18
14 Middlesbrough 24 33   5 4 3 17 8   3 5 4 15 17
15 Sunderland 25 33   8 1 4 19 12   2 2 8 8 21
16 Notts. County 26 33   9 1 3 24 15   1 2 10 12 32
17 Luton Town 25 29   6 0 5 18 13   2 5 7 12 20
18 Grimsby Town 25 27   3 8 1 14 8   2 4 7 15 21
19 Watford 26 27   6 4 4 26 23   1 2 9 13 29
20 Birmingham City 27 27   6 4 4 17 17   1 2 10 12 26
21 West Bromwich Albion 26 25   5 5 3 25 19   1 2 10 12 25
22 Barnsley 26 25   3 3 8 13 21   3 4 5 17 22
23 Oxford United 27 25   5 3 6 19 23   1 4 8 12 26
24 Peterborough United 24 20   4 6 4 15 12   0 2 8 5 19