| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 15 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 15 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 6 | Southend United | 15 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 15 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Sunderland | 15 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | |||
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 11 | Stoke City | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 15 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Luton Town | 15 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 15 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Burnley | 15 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 15 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 15 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 19 | Derby County | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 15 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Bristol City | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||