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 Tranmere Rovers 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 Southend United 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 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