| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Reading | 17 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Watford | 18 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 18 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 17 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Derby County | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Stoke City | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Burnley | 17 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 17 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 17 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 18 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Bristol City | 17 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||