| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Chelsea | 30 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Newcastle United | 28 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Manchester City | 29 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 29 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 45 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Leeds United | 28 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 28 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Portsmouth | 29 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Cardiff City | 28 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 28 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Fulham | 29 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Derby County | 29 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Swansea City | 29 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Cambridge United | 29 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 32 | |||