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