| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Birmingham City | 26 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 27 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 26 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 26 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 26 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 26 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 26 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 11 | West Ham United | 26 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 26 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Barnsley | 27 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Leicester City | 26 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Luton Town | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Leeds United | 27 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 17 | 27 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Brentford | 26 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 26 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 33 | |||