Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Coventry City 22 39   9 1 1 30 11   3 2 6 16 15
2 Manchester City 21 39   7 2 2 27 13   4 4 2 22 21
3 Southampton 22 38   7 3 1 17 11   4 2 5 16 22
4 Birmingham City 22 37   7 3 1 22 8   4 1 6 15 20
5 Blackburn Rovers 22 37   7 2 2 19 12   4 2 5 15 20
6 Preston North End 22 36   8 2 1 32 13   3 1 7 11 17
7 Barnsley 22 35   5 2 3 29 13   5 3 4 20 16
8 West Ham United 21 33   6 2 2 23 15   4 1 6 13 22
9 Hull City 21 31   6 2 4 25 18   2 5 2 14 14
10 Cardiff City 21 31   7 4 0 21 10   0 6 4 6 11
11 Sheffield United 21 30   5 2 3 21 13   3 4 4 18 19
12 21 29   3 4 2 16 12   4 4 4 15 21
13 Leicester City 21 27   4 3 5 24 21   3 3 3 11 10
14 Leeds United 21 27   5 3 2 15 8   2 3 6 17 23
15 Notts. County 21 27   2 4 4 16 18   5 2 4 14 11
16 Queens Park Rangers 21 25   6 2 2 23 11   1 2 8 11 36
17 Brentford 22 25   5 2 4 13 17   2 2 7 15 31
18 22 23   3 6 3 17 15   2 2 6 9 22
19 Swansea Town 21 23   6 1 4 18 13   1 1 8 12 32
20 21 22   6 1 4 19 13   0 3 7 6 23
21 Grimsby Town 21 18   4 4 2 27 21   0 2 9 10 33
22 Luton Town 21 15   3 3 4 12 9   0 3 8 9 27