| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 19 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 18 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 18 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 18 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 18 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 18 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Sunderland | 18 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 18 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 18 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Orient | 19 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 18 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Fulham | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||