| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 19 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Barnsley | 18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 18 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 19 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Stoke City | 19 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Derby County | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Sunderland | 19 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Port Vale | 19 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Burnley | 19 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Swindon Town | 19 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 19 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Bristol City | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||