| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 30 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Birmingham City | 29 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 3 | West Ham United | 28 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 31 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 31 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Newcastle United | 31 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Sunderland | 30 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 31 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Orient | 31 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Swansea City | 31 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 31 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 31 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Cambridge United | 31 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Preston North End | 30 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 31 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 31 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Fulham | 30 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 33 | |||