| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | |||
| 3 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Reading | 25 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 25 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Barnsley | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 25 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 25 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Stoke City | 25 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 33 | ||||
| 15 | Derby County | 24 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Sunderland | 25 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Burnley | 22 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 25 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 25 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 24 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Bristol City | 25 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 19 | |||