Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Chelsea 28 54   9 3 2 35 15   6 6 2 24 17
2 Sheffield Wednesday 26 52   10 2 1 33 12   5 5 3 16 12
3 Newcastle United 25 48   9 1 1 29 11   6 2 6 22 25
4 Manchester City 26 48   8 3 1 27 10   6 3 5 17 18
5 Grimsby Town 26 46   8 5 0 22 6   4 5 4 16 21
6 Charlton Athletic 27 46   11 3 1 27 10   2 4 6 10 23
7 Carlisle United 26 45   7 5 2 17 8   5 4 3 14 11
8 Blackburn Rovers 26 43   6 8 0 23 13   5 2 5 12 19
9 Huddersfield Town 26 39   6 4 3 16 12   4 5 4 21 22
10 Cardiff City 25 35   8 1 2 22 12   3 1 10 13 25
11 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 33   5 4 4 25 14   4 2 7 16 26
12 Portsmouth 26 32   6 1 6 29 19   3 4 6 13 17
13 Middlesbrough 26 32   5 4 3 17 12   3 4 7 11 16
14 Shrewsbury Town 25 32   6 3 3 20 14   2 5 6 10 20
15 Leeds United 24 30   7 2 3 21 12   1 4 7 12 23
16 Barnsley 25 29   5 4 3 20 15   3 1 9 16 21
17 Crystal Palace 25 29   6 2 5 13 13   2 3 7 14 20
18 Oldham Athletic 26 29   7 3 4 20 16   1 2 9 9 29
19 Fulham 25 23   4 3 5 17 17   1 5 7 10 20
20 Derby County 26 23   4 3 6 16 21   2 2 9 7 28
21 Swansea City 25 14   3 3 8 11 18   0 2 9 11 32
22 Cambridge United 26 14   2 6 5 14 20   0 2 11 6 29