| Final Ranking | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Birmingham City | 59 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 55: | 24 |  | 2. Newcastle United | 56 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 72: | 41 |  | 3. Southampton | 52 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 71: | 53 |  | 4. Sheffield Wednesday | 51 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 66: | 53 |  | 5. Cardiff City | 47 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 61: | 58 |  | 6. West Ham United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 55: | 53 |  | 7. West Bromwich Albion | 45 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63: | 58 |  | 8. Tottenham Hotspur | 44 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 56: | 43 |  | 9. Leicester City | 43 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60: | 57 |  | 10.Coventry City | 41 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 59: | 52 |  | 11.Fulham | 40 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 47: | 46 |  | 12.Barnsley | 40 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 62: | 64 |  | 13.Luton Town | 40 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 56: | 59 |  | 14.Bradford Park Avenue | 40 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 68: | 72 |  | 15.Brentford | 40 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 44: | 61 |  | 16.Chesterfield | 39 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 54: | 55 |  | 17.Plymouth Argyle | 38 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 40: | 58 |  | 18.Leeds United | 36 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 62: | 72 |  | 19.Nottingham Forest | 35 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 54: | 60 |  | 20.Bury | 34 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 58: | 68 |  | 21.Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 40: | 66 |  | 22.Millwall | 29 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 44: | 74 |   
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