Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Sheffield Wednesday 21 44   8 2 1 24 11   5 3 2 13 8
2 Chelsea 23 42   6 3 2 28 12   5 6 1 21 14
3 Manchester City 21 42   7 2 1 23 8   6 1 4 14 14
4 Newcastle United 21 39   8 1 1 28 11   4 2 5 15 20
5 Carlisle United 21 37   6 4 1 13 4   4 3 3 12 11
6 Charlton Athletic 22 37   9 3 0 19 6   1 4 5 8 21
7 Grimsby Town 20 36   7 3 0 20 5   3 3 4 11 17
8 Huddersfield Town 21 34   6 3 2 16 10   3 4 3 16 16
9 Blackburn Rovers 20 31   4 6 0 19 11   4 1 5 9 18
10 Portsmouth 21 30   6 0 4 26 10   3 3 5 13 15
11 Cardiff City 21 28   7 1 2 20 11   2 0 9 9 21
12 Shrewsbury Town 21 28   5 3 2 17 12   2 4 5 9 16
13 Barnsley 20 27   5 3 2 17 11   3 0 7 15 18
14 Middlesbrough 21 27   4 3 3 15 11   3 3 5 10 11
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 21 26   4 3 4 20 13   3 2 5 14 22
16 Oldham Athletic 21 25   6 2 3 16 14   1 2 7 9 22
17 Derby County 21 23   4 3 4 15 18   2 2 6 6 21
18 Crystal Palace 21 22   4 1 5 8 11   2 3 6 13 17
19 Leeds United 20 20   4 2 3 13 11   1 3 7 11 22
20 Fulham 21 16   3 2 5 15 16   0 5 6 6 18
21 Cambridge United 20 11   2 4 4 11 15   0 1 9 4 23
22 Swansea City 21 9   2 2 8 7 16   0 1 8 9 25