| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 29 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 27 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Manchester United | 27 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 28 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 6 | Burnley | 29 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 26 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 27 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Luton Town | 28 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 38 | |||
| 12 | Southampton | 28 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | |||
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Norwich City | 27 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 36 | |||
| 16 | Newcastle United | 26 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Barnsley | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 28 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Stockport County | 26 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 28 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 27 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 29 | |||