| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield United | 20 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 20 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 21 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 9 | West Ham United | 21 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 20 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Manchester City | 20 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Luton Town | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Millwall | 20 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 14 | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Burnley | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Southampton | 20 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 35 | |||
| 21 | Swansea Town | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | |||
| 22 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 30 | ||||