Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sheffield Wednesday 25 51   10 2 1 33 12   5 4 3 16 12
2 Chelsea 27 51   8 3 2 32 14   6 6 2 24 17
3 Manchester City 25 47   8 3 1 27 10   6 2 5 16 17
4 Newcastle United 24 45   9 1 1 29 11   5 2 6 18 24
5 Grimsby Town 25 45   8 4 0 21 5   4 5 4 16 21
6 Charlton Athletic 25 43   10 3 1 25 10   2 4 5 9 21
7 Carlisle United 25 42   6 5 2 15 7   5 4 3 14 11
8 Blackburn Rovers 25 42   6 7 0 23 13   5 2 5 12 19
9 Huddersfield Town 25 39   6 4 3 16 12   4 5 3 20 19
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 33   5 4 4 25 14   4 2 6 16 24
11 Portsmouth 25 32   6 1 5 28 15   3 4 6 13 17
12 Middlesbrough 25 32   5 4 3 17 12   3 4 6 11 15
13 Shrewsbury Town 24 32   6 3 3 20 14   2 5 5 10 17
14 Barnsley 24 29   5 4 2 18 12   3 1 9 16 21
15 Cardiff City 23 29   7 1 2 20 11   2 1 10 10 23
16 Oldham Athletic 25 28   7 2 4 20 16   1 2 9 9 29
17 Leeds United 23 27   6 2 3 18 12   1 4 7 12 23
18 Crystal Palace 24 26   5 2 5 12 13   2 3 7 14 20
19 Fulham 25 23   4 3 5 17 17   1 5 7 10 20
20 Derby County 25 23   4 3 6 16 21   2 2 8 6 26
21 Swansea City 25 14   3 3 8 11 18   0 2 9 11 32
22 Cambridge United 25 13   2 6 5 14 20   0 1 11 6 29