| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 30 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 30 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 30 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Aston Villa | 28 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 29 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Blackpool | 30 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 8 | Oxford United | 31 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Southampton | 29 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 30 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 13 | 30 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | ||||
| 14 | Notts. County | 30 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Orient | 29 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Fulham | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 29 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 30 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Cardiff City | 29 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | |||