| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 25 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield United | 25 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 24 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Manchester City | 24 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Fulham | 23 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 24 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Burnley | 26 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Millwall | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | Southampton | 24 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 23 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 22 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 39 | |||
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 41 | ||||