Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sheffield Wednesday 23 48   9 2 1 27 11   5 4 2 14 9
2 Chelsea 25 45   7 3 2 29 12   5 6 2 22 16
3 Newcastle United 23 45   9 1 1 29 11   5 2 5 17 21
4 Manchester City 23 44   7 3 1 24 9   6 2 4 15 15
5 Grimsby Town 23 41   8 3 0 21 5   3 5 4 14 20
6 Charlton Athletic 24 40   9 3 1 20 8   2 4 5 9 21
7 Carlisle United 23 39   6 5 1 14 5   4 4 3 12 11
8 Huddersfield Town 23 38   6 4 2 16 10   4 4 3 18 17
9 Blackburn Rovers 23 36   5 7 0 21 12   4 2 5 10 19
10 Shrewsbury Town 23 32   6 3 2 19 12   2 5 5 10 17
11 Portsmouth 23 30   6 0 5 27 14   3 3 6 13 17
12 Middlesbrough 23 30   5 3 3 17 12   3 3 6 11 15
13 Barnsley 23 29   5 4 2 18 12   3 1 8 16 20
14 Cardiff City 22 28   7 1 2 20 11   2 0 10 9 22
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 27   4 4 4 21 14   3 2 6 14 23
16 Oldham Athletic 23 25   6 2 4 17 16   1 2 8 9 25
17 Leeds United 22 24   5 2 3 17 12   1 4 7 12 23
18 Crystal Palace 22 23   4 2 5 9 12   2 3 6 13 17
19 Derby County 23 23   4 3 5 15 19   2 2 7 6 23
20 Fulham 23 20   3 3 5 16 17   1 5 6 10 19
21 Swansea City 23 13   3 2 8 9 16   0 2 8 10 26
22 Cambridge United 23 13   2 6 4 14 18   0 1 10 4 24