| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Fulham | 17 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Watford | 18 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 18 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 18 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Sheffield United | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Wimbledon | 17 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | |||
| 12 | Portsmouth | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 16 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 23 | Stockport County | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||