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