| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 24 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Barnsley | 24 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 24 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 24 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Stoke City | 24 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 24 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Derby County | 23 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 24 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 24 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 23 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 24 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 21 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 24 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 24 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 19 | |||