| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 5 | Barnsley | 22 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield United | 22 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 21 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Stoke City | 22 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Luton Town | 21 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 22 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 22 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Millwall | 22 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 22 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 20 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 22 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 22 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | |||