| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 27 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 27 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 3 | Aston Villa | 26 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 27 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 28 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 26 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 27 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Hull City | 27 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 27 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Southampton | 26 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 14 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 26 | ||||
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 27 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Orient | 26 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 27 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Cardiff City | 26 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Millwall | 27 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 27 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||