| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southampton | 28 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 27 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 28 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 31 | ||||
| 8 | West Ham United | 28 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Luton Town | 28 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 27 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 27 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 34 | ||||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 28 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Coventry City | 28 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 27 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Leeds United | 29 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 29 | |||
| 19 | Leicester City | 27 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Lincoln City | 29 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 43 | |||