| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 25 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 26 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield United | 26 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 34 | |||
| 7 | Manchester City | 25 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Fulham | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 26 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 25 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Burnley | 27 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 25 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 25 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 16 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 34 | ||||
| 17 | 27 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | Southampton | 25 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 25 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Norwich City | 23 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 42 | |||
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 39 | |||
| 22 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 41 | ||||