Second Division Table 1973/74

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	42	27	11	4	77	30	+47	65
2	Luton Town	42	19	12	11	64	51	+13	50
3	Carlisle United	42	20	9	13	61	48	+13	49
4	Leyton Orient	42	15	18	9	55	42	+13	48
5	Blackpool	42	17	13	12	57	40	+17	47
6	Sunderland	42	19	9	14	58	44	+14	47
7	Nottingham Forest	42	15	15	12	57	43	+14	45
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	16	12	48	45	+3	44
9	Hull City	42	13	17	12	46	47	-1	43
10	Notts County	42	15	13	14	55	60	-5	43
11	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	12	15	44	40	+4	42
12	Millwall	42	14	14	14	51	51	0	42
13	Fulham	42	16	10	16	39	43	-4	42
14	Aston Villa	42	13	15	14	48	45	+3	41
15	Portsmouth	42	14	12	16	45	62	-17	40
16	Bristol City	42	14	10	18	47	54	-7	38
17	Cardiff City	42	10	16	16	49	62	-13	36
18	Oxford United	42	10	16	16	35	46	-11	36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	11	19	51	63	-12	35
20	Crystal Palace	42	11	12	19	43	56	-13	34
21	Preston North End	42	9	14	19	40	62	-22	31*
22	Swindon Town	42	7	11	24	36	72	-36	25

* Preston North End had one point deducted for fielding an ineligble player.