Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Preston North End 31 61   12 3 1 39 15   7 1 7 25 20
2 Blackburn Rovers 31 54   10 2 3 30 19   6 4 6 24 27
3 Manchester City 29 51   8 4 2 34 18   6 5 4 28 27
4 Coventry City 31 50   12 2 2 41 19   3 3 9 19 24
5 Cardiff City 30 50   10 5 1 30 17   3 6 5 14 15
6 Leeds United 30 48   9 3 2 24 11   5 3 8 25 31
7 Birmingham City 30 45   9 4 2 29 16   4 2 9 17 27
8 West Ham United 30 44   8 3 3 32 21   4 5 7 20 31
9 Notts. County 30 43   6 4 5 28 24   6 3 6 21 18
10 30 43   6 4 4 25 23   5 6 5 21 28
11 Southampton 29 43   7 5 2 22 17   5 2 8 22 34
12 Leicester City 30 42   7 4 5 32 21   4 5 5 17 18
13 Sheffield United 29 41   8 3 4 30 19   3 5 6 19 24
14 Barnsley 30 40   6 3 5 31 16   5 4 7 26 27
15 Hull City 30 40   6 4 4 28 21   4 6 6 24 29
16 Brentford 32 40   8 3 5 26 23   3 4 9 23 38
17 Queens Park Rangers 30 37   9 4 3 36 20   1 3 10 15 43
18 Swansea Town 30 32   9 1 5 23 17   1 1 13 14 43
19 31 29   7 1 8 25 22   1 4 10 17 41
20 31 28   4 7 5 21 21   2 3 10 10 27
21 Grimsby Town 30 28   5 7 4 34 32   1 3 10 15 38
22 Luton Town 30 25   4 6 5 21 17   1 4 10 13 31