| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Swindon Town | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 8 | Stoke City | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 14 | Sunderland | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 19 | Derby County | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 21 | Luton Town | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||