Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 39 83   16 4 0 48 9   8 7 4 26 19
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 79   14 2 4 42 20   9 8 3 36 23
3 Nottingham Forest 40 70   16 1 3 39 13   4 9 7 16 21
4 Cardiff City 40 65   10 5 5 32 17   9 3 8 35 32
5 Swansea City 40 62   8 9 3 15 11   7 8 5 18 20
6 Leicester City 40 61   10 6 4 30 17   6 7 7 18 23
7 Blackpool 40 57   11 5 4 40 20   4 7 9 22 30
8 40 55   8 7 5 25 21   6 6 8 26 26
9 Middlesbrough 40 54   8 6 6 22 19   6 6 8 31 25
10 Sheffield United 40 54   10 7 3 34 20   4 5 11 20 32
11 Reading 38 52   7 7 5 25 19   7 3 9 26 34
12 Crystal Palace 40 52   7 4 9 20 23   6 9 5 22 22
13 Coventry City 40 52   8 8 4 26 23   5 5 10 19 30
14 Bristol City 40 52   8 9 3 34 32   4 7 9 16 27
15 Barnsley 40 50   8 5 7 23 26   6 3 11 26 36
16 Preston North End 40 49   8 9 3 31 22   4 4 12 20 39
17 Derby County 40 48   11 2 7 33 28   2 7 11 14 29
18 Ipswich Town 40 48   7 10 3 21 18   3 8 9 21 32
19 Queens Park Rangers 39 47   7 8 4 34 25   4 6 10 19 33
20 Scunthorpe United 39 47   9 5 5 31 24   4 3 13 17 42
21 Sheffield Wednesday 40 44   8 4 8 27 27   3 7 10 16 33
22 Watford 39 43   8 5 7 31 25   3 5 11 19 36
23 Plymouth Argyle 40 38   5 6 9 19 24   5 2 13 21 33
24 Peterborough United 40 30   6 5 9 29 31   1 4 15 10 34