Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Preston North End 30 58   11 3 1 38 15   7 1 7 25 20
2 Blackburn Rovers 30 54   10 2 3 30 19   6 4 5 24 26
3 Manchester City 28 50   8 3 2 31 15   6 5 4 28 27
4 Coventry City 30 49   12 1 2 38 16   3 3 9 19 24
5 Cardiff City 29 47   9 5 1 29 17   3 6 5 14 15
6 Leeds United 29 45   9 3 2 24 11   4 3 8 24 31
7 Birmingham City 30 45   9 4 2 29 16   4 2 9 17 27
8 West Ham United 29 43   8 3 3 32 21   4 4 7 17 28
9 Southampton 29 43   7 5 2 22 17   5 2 8 22 34
10 29 42   6 4 4 25 23   5 5 5 18 25
11 Sheffield United 28 41   8 3 4 30 19   3 5 5 19 21
12 Barnsley 29 40   6 3 5 31 16   5 4 6 25 24
13 Hull City 29 40   6 4 4 28 21   4 6 5 24 25
14 Notts. County 29 40   5 4 5 25 24   6 3 6 21 18
15 Leicester City 29 39   6 4 5 28 21   4 5 5 17 18
16 Brentford 31 39   8 3 5 26 23   3 3 9 20 35
17 Queens Park Rangers 29 36   9 3 3 33 17   1 3 10 15 43
18 Swansea Town 29 32   9 1 5 23 17   1 1 12 13 40
19 30 29   7 1 7 25 21   1 4 10 17 41
20 Luton Town 29 25   4 6 5 21 17   1 4 9 13 30
21 30 25   3 7 5 18 20   2 3 10 10 27
22 Grimsby Town 29 25   4 7 4 31 31   1 3 10 15 38