| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 20 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 20 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 20 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 24 | ||||
| 12 | Derby County | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Stoke City | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 20 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Burnley | 19 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 20 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Bristol City | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Portsmouth | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Notts. County | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||