Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Preston North End 28 52   10 3 1 35 14   6 1 7 21 18
2 Coventry City 28 49   12 1 1 38 14   3 3 8 19 21
3 Blackburn Rovers 27 47   8 2 3 24 16   6 3 5 22 24
4 Manchester City 26 46   8 3 2 31 15   5 4 4 24 25
5 Cardiff City 27 43   9 4 1 27 15   2 6 5 11 15
6 Southampton 27 43   7 5 1 20 14   5 2 7 21 32
7 Birmingham City 28 42   8 4 2 27 15   4 2 8 17 25
8 27 42   6 4 3 25 20   5 5 4 16 21
9 Sheffield United 26 40   8 2 4 29 18   3 5 4 19 20
10 Leeds United 26 39   8 3 2 23 11   3 3 7 20 27
11 West Ham United 27 39   7 3 3 28 19   4 3 7 16 27
12 Barnsley 27 37   5 3 5 30 16   5 4 5 23 20
13 Notts. County 27 37   4 4 5 21 22   6 3 5 20 15
14 Hull City 27 36   6 3 4 26 19   3 6 5 21 23
15 Leicester City 27 35   5 4 5 25 21   4 4 5 15 16
16 Brentford 28 33   7 3 4 20 19   2 3 9 17 35
17 Queens Park Rangers 27 32   8 3 3 31 17   1 2 10 13 41
18 27 29   7 1 6 23 18   1 4 8 15 33
19 Swansea Town 27 29   8 1 5 21 16   1 1 11 13 39
20 28 25   3 7 4 18 17   2 3 9 9 25
21 Luton Town 27 24   4 5 4 17 12   1 4 9 13 30
22 Grimsby Town 27 21   4 6 4 29 29   0 3 10 12 36