Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Crystal Palace 26 49   9 2 1 23 9   6 2 6 22 21
2 Charlton Athletic 27 48   10 2 2 23 8   4 4 5 12 17
3 Millwall 27 47   9 4 1 24 10   4 4 5 13 18
4 Leicester City 27 46   9 4 1 34 18   4 3 6 13 14
5 Tranmere Rovers 27 45   9 2 3 27 15   4 4 5 11 16
6 Nottingham Forest 25 43   5 5 2 18 14   7 2 4 23 16
7 Derby County 26 42   10 0 2 29 15   3 3 8 13 24
8 Stoke City 27 42   9 1 3 21 13   3 5 6 16 26
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 41   7 6 1 24 12   3 5 4 17 15
10 Southend United 28 40   7 3 4 25 16   5 1 8 19 23
11 Bristol City 28 38   6 4 4 17 15   4 4 6 13 18
12 Sunderland 27 37   9 1 4 21 13   2 3 8 8 21
13 Portsmouth 27 37   6 4 3 17 12   3 6 5 14 22
14 Bolton Wanderers 27 36   5 5 2 19 13   4 4 7 15 18
15 Notts. County 27 36   9 1 3 24 15   2 2 10 14 32
16 Middlesbrough 26 34   5 5 3 18 9   3 5 5 16 19
17 Luton Town 26 32   7 0 5 20 14   2 5 7 12 20
18 Grimsby Town 26 30   3 8 1 14 8   3 4 7 17 22
19 Watford 27 28   6 4 4 26 23   1 3 9 14 30
20 Birmingham City 28 28   6 5 4 17 17   1 2 10 12 26
21 West Bromwich Albion 27 26   5 6 3 25 19   1 2 10 12 25
22 Oxford United 28 26   5 3 6 19 23   1 5 8 13 27
23 Barnsley 27 25   3 3 8 13 21   3 4 6 18 24
24 Peterborough United 25 23   4 6 4 15 12   1 2 8 7 19