| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield United | 27 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Aston Villa | 26 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 26 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Manchester United | 25 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 5 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Burnley | 27 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Chesterfield | 25 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 25 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Norwich City | 26 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Luton Town | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 27 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 37 | |||
| 14 | Southampton | 26 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 35 | |||
| 17 | Newcastle United | 24 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 25 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 26 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 29 | |||