| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 21 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 19 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Manchester United | 19 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Chesterfield | 19 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Burnley | 21 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 20 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Luton Town | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | Newcastle United | 19 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Barnsley | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 19 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Swansea Town | 20 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | |||