| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 18 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 17 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 17 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Aston Villa | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 7 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Hull City | 18 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Oxford United | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 18 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | Blackpool | 18 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Fulham | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Orient | 17 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 17 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 18 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||