Current Holders: Coventry
| | HOME | | AWAY | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +11 | 28 |
| 2 | Wolves | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +8 | 27 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +13 | 26 |
| 4 | Stoke | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | +5 | 26 |
| 5 | Swansea | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +5 | 26 |
| 6 | West Brom | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +5 | 25 |
| 7 | Southampton | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | +15 | 24 * |
| 8 | West Ham | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +15 | 23 |
| 9 | Sheff Utd | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +3 | 22 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +3 | 22 |
| 11 | QPR | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | +5 | 21 |
| 12 | Norwich | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +3 | 18 |
| 13 | Millwall | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | Blackburn | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Bristol C | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Wrexham | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Bolton | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Cardiff | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 15 |
| 19 | Lincoln | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | Watford | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | Charlton | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 22 | Burnley | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | Derby | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -18 | 7 |
| 24 | Preston | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 5 |
