Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sheffield Wednesday 24 51   10 2 1 33 12   5 4 2 14 9
2 Chelsea 26 48   7 3 2 29 12   6 6 2 24 17
3 Manchester City 24 47   8 3 1 27 10   6 2 4 15 15
4 Newcastle United 23 45   9 1 1 29 11   5 2 5 17 21
5 Grimsby Town 24 44   8 3 0 21 5   4 5 4 16 21
6 Carlisle United 24 42   6 5 1 14 5   5 4 3 14 11
7 Charlton Athletic 24 40   9 3 1 20 8   2 4 5 9 21
8 Blackburn Rovers 24 39   5 7 0 21 12   5 2 5 12 19
9 Huddersfield Town 24 38   6 4 3 16 12   4 4 3 18 17
10 Shrewsbury Town 24 32   6 3 3 20 14   2 5 5 10 17
11 Portsmouth 24 31   6 0 5 27 14   3 4 6 13 17
12 Middlesbrough 24 31   5 4 3 17 12   3 3 6 11 15
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 24 30   5 4 4 25 14   3 2 6 14 23
14 Barnsley 24 29   5 4 2 18 12   3 1 9 16 21
15 Cardiff City 22 28   7 1 2 20 11   2 0 10 9 22
16 Oldham Athletic 24 25   6 2 4 17 16   1 2 9 9 29
17 Leeds United 22 24   5 2 3 17 12   1 4 7 12 23
18 Crystal Palace 23 23   4 2 5 9 12   2 3 7 14 20
19 Fulham 24 23   4 3 5 17 17   1 5 6 10 19
20 Derby County 24 23   4 3 6 16 21   2 2 7 6 23
21 Cambridge United 24 13   2 6 5 14 20   0 1 10 4 24
22 Swansea City 24 13   3 2 8 9 16   0 2 9 11 32