Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 34 72   14 4 0 43 9   7 5 4 21 15
2 Nottingham Forest 35 64   14 1 3 36 13   4 9 4 13 14
3 West Bromwich Albion 34 63   10 2 4 34 16   8 7 3 33 22
4 Swansea City 34 56   8 7 2 15 9   6 7 4 15 14
5 Leicester City 34 54   9 5 3 26 13   5 7 5 16 20
6 Cardiff City 33 52   8 4 5 26 14   7 3 6 31 27
7 Blackpool 35 50   10 4 4 33 17   3 7 7 18 24
8 Coventry City 35 49   8 6 3 23 19   5 4 9 17 27
9 Sheffield United 34 48   9 6 2 30 18   4 3 10 18 29
10 Middlesbrough 35 47   7 4 6 17 16   6 4 8 28 22
11 Crystal Palace 33 47   7 4 6 19 19   5 7 4 17 17
12 Barnsley 34 45   7 4 6 21 24   6 2 9 23 30
13 34 44   7 6 4 22 18   4 5 8 22 24
14 Preston North End 34 43   7 6 3 23 15   4 4 10 18 34
15 Derby County 34 42   10 1 7 30 26   2 5 9 11 22
16 Bristol City 34 42   7 8 3 27 27   2 7 7 12 22
17 Queens Park Rangers 33 40   6 6 4 30 23   4 4 9 16 29
18 Watford 32 39   7 4 4 27 18   3 5 9 17 31
19 Reading 32 38   4 6 5 17 17   6 2 9 23 32
20 Ipswich Town 34 38   4 10 2 17 16   3 7 8 20 30
21 Scunthorpe United 34 38   7 5 5 25 23   3 3 11 16 38
22 Sheffield Wednesday 34 37   7 3 8 25 26   3 4 9 13 29
23 Plymouth Argyle 33 30   4 5 8 16 20   4 1 11 17 28
24 Peterborough United 34 24   5 5 7 27 28   0 4 13 9 29