Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sheffield Wednesday 20 44   8 2 0 24 9   5 3 2 13 8
2 Chelsea 22 41   6 2 2 26 10   5 6 1 21 14
3 Newcastle United 20 39   8 1 1 28 11   4 2 4 14 17
4 Manchester City 20 39   7 2 1 23 8   5 1 4 11 13
5 Grimsby Town 20 36   7 3 0 20 5   3 3 4 11 17
6 Huddersfield Town 20 34   6 3 1 15 7   3 4 3 16 16
7 Carlisle United 20 34   5 4 1 10 3   4 3 3 12 11
8 Charlton Athletic 21 34   8 3 0 18 6   1 4 5 8 21
9 Blackburn Rovers 20 31   4 6 0 19 11   4 1 5 9 18
10 Portsmouth 20 29   6 0 4 26 10   3 2 5 11 13
11 Barnsley 20 27   5 3 2 17 11   3 0 7 15 18
12 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 25   4 2 4 19 12   3 2 5 14 22
13 Cardiff City 20 25   7 1 2 20 11   1 0 9 6 19
14 Shrewsbury Town 20 25   5 3 2 17 12   1 4 5 7 16
15 Middlesbrough 20 24   4 3 3 15 11   2 3 5 8 11
16 Derby County 20 23   4 3 3 13 15   2 2 6 6 21
17 Crystal Palace 20 22   4 1 5 8 11   2 3 5 13 16
18 Oldham Athletic 20 22   5 2 3 13 12   1 2 7 9 22
19 Leeds United 19 20   4 2 3 13 11   1 3 6 9 19
20 Fulham 20 15   3 2 5 15 16   0 4 6 5 17
21 Cambridge United 20 11   2 4 4 11 15   0 1 9 4 23
22 Swansea City 20 9   2 2 7 7 14   0 1 8 9 25