| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Birmingham City | 27 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Newcastle United | 28 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Cardiff City | 28 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Southampton | 27 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 8 | West Ham United | 28 | 40 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 27 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 11 | Coventry City | 27 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 28 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 27 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Leeds United | 28 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 15 | Leicester City | 27 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Luton Town | 27 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 17 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Brentford | 28 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 28 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 34 | ||||