| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 25 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Sunderland | 24 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 24 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Oxford United | 25 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 6 | Bristol City | 24 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 24 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Blackpool | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 25 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 25 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Hull City | 25 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Fulham | 25 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Southampton | 23 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 24 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 24 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 25 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 25 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 24 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 25 | |||