| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Fulham | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Manchester City | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Stockport County | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield United | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Norwich City | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 21 | Port Vale | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 24 | Swindon Town | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||