| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 16 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Sunderland | 15 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 14 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 16 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Oxford United | 15 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 16 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Fulham | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | Notts. County | 16 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Orient | 15 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Southampton | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Cardiff City | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Portsmouth | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||