| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester City | 29 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 28 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Birmingham City | 26 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Oxford United | 26 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Leeds United | 29 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 28 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Fulham | 29 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 28 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 28 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Barnsley | 27 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Wimbledon | 27 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 14 | Sheffield United | 29 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 29 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 29 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 30 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Notts. County | 29 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Cardiff City | 28 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 30 | |||