| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 24 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 23 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 22 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 22 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 22 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Burnley | 24 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 10 | West Ham United | 22 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Norwich City | 23 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 22 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 24 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 21 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | Swansea Town | 23 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 22 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |||