| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 17 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 17 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Leicester City | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Sunderland | 17 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 17 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Swansea City | 17 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 12 | Preston North End | 17 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 13 | Cardiff City | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Orient | 18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Cambridge United | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||