| Final Ranking | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Ipswich Town | 84 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 70: | 50 |  | 2. Middlesborough | 80 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 58: | 41 |  | 3. Derby County | 78 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 69: | 51 |  | 4. Leicester City | 77 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 62: | 55 |  | 5. Cambridge United | 74 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 65: | 47 |  | 6. Blackburn Rovers | 74 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70: | 53 |  | 7. Charlton Athletic | 71 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 54: | 48 |  | 8. Swindon Town | 69 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 69: | 55 |  | 9. Portsmouth | 69 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 65: | 51 |  | 10.Watford | 65 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 51: | 48 |  | 11.Wolverhampton Wanderers | 64 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 61: | 54 |  | 12.Southend United | 62 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 63: | 63 |  | 13.Bristol Rovers | 62 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 60: | 63 |  | 14.Tranmere Rovers | 61 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 56: | 56 |  | 15.Millwall | 61 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 64: | 71 |  | 16.Barnsley | 59 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 46: | 57 |  | 17.Bristol City | 54 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 55: | 71 |  | 18.Sunderland | 53 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 61: | 65 |  | 19.Grimsby Town | 53 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 47: | 62 |  | 20.Newcastle United | 52 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 66: | 84 |  | 21.Oxford United | 50 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 66: | 73 |  | 22.Plymouth Argyle | 48 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 42: | 64 |  | 23.Brighton   Hove Albion | 47 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 56: | 77 |  | 24.Port Vale | 45 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 42: | 59 |   
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