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