| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 30 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Birmingham City | 29 | 55 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Oxford United | 28 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Portsmouth | 30 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 30 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 31 | |||
| 8 | Leeds United | 31 | 48 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 30 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 28 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 29 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 36 | |||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 31 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 16 | Sheffield United | 30 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 31 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 31 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Cardiff City | 30 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Notts. County | 30 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 35 | |||