| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 25 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 24 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 23 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 23 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 23 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 25 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 23 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 24 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 10 | Luton Town | 24 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 32 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 23 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 13 | Barnsley | 25 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 23 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Newcastle United | 22 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 24 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 23 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||