| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Sheffield United | 28 | 50 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 26 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 29 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 27 | 46 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Fulham | 26 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Newcastle United | 27 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Luton Town | 27 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Manchester City | 26 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Burnley | 29 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 26 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 13 | West Ham United | 26 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 28 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | Millwall | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 17 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Southampton | 26 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Swansea Town | 26 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 39 | |||
| 21 | Norwich City | 25 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 43 | |||