| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Chelsea | 27 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 2 | Leicester City | 28 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Newcastle United | 28 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Birmingham City | 26 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 27 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Sunderland | 27 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 7 | West Ham United | 25 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Wrexham | 28 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 28 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Orient | 27 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Notts. County | 28 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Swansea City | 27 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Cambridge United | 28 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Preston North End | 27 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Watford | 27 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 27 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 21 | Fulham | 26 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 32 | |||