| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southampton | 29 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Fulham | 28 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Chesterfield | 29 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 29 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 8 | 29 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 39 | ||||
| 9 | 28 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 34 | ||||
| 10 | Luton Town | 28 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 28 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 29 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Brentford | 28 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Coventry City | 29 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Leeds United | 30 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 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 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Lincoln City | 30 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 44 | |||