Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Preston North End 27 49   10 3 1 35 14   5 1 7 17 18
2 Coventry City 27 46   11 1 1 37 14   3 3 8 19 21
3 Manchester City 24 45   8 2 2 30 14   5 4 3 24 23
4 Blackburn Rovers 26 44   7 2 3 21 16   6 3 5 22 24
5 Southampton 26 42   7 4 1 18 12   5 2 7 21 32
6 Birmingham City 27 41   8 3 2 24 12   4 2 8 17 25
7 Cardiff City 26 40   8 4 1 23 13   2 6 5 11 15
8 West Ham United 26 38   7 3 3 28 19   4 2 7 14 25
9 Barnsley 26 37   5 3 4 29 14   5 4 5 23 20
10 Sheffield United 25 37   7 2 4 27 17   3 5 4 19 20
11 Notts. County 26 37   4 4 5 21 22   6 3 4 18 12
12 Hull City 26 36   6 3 4 26 19   3 6 4 20 21
13 Leeds United 25 36   8 3 2 23 11   2 3 7 18 26
14 25 36   4 4 3 21 18   5 5 4 16 21
15 Leicester City 26 34   5 4 5 25 21   4 3 5 14 15
16 Queens Park Rangers 25 31   8 2 3 30 16   1 2 9 11 37
17 Swansea Town 25 29   8 1 5 21 16   1 1 9 13 35
18 Brentford 26 29   6 3 4 18 18   2 2 9 16 34
19 25 25   6 1 6 21 18   1 3 8 12 30
20 27 25   3 7 4 18 17   2 3 8 9 24
21 Luton Town 26 24   4 5 4 17 12   1 4 8 12 28
22 Grimsby Town 26 21   4 6 3 29 25   0 3 10 12 36