| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 16 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 16 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Birmingham City | 16 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 16 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 16 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 16 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 16 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 16 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 17 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 16 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||