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