| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newcastle United | 20 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 19 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Luton Town | 19 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Leicester City | 19 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Birmingham City | 19 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 19 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Sunderland | 19 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Wrexham | 19 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Swansea City | 19 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Preston North End | 19 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 14 | Orient | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 16 | Fulham | 19 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Watford | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 18 | Cambridge United | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Burnley | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||