| Division One | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 79 | 45 | 34 | 91 |
| 2 | Manchester City (P) | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 40 | 38 | 89 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 71 | 42 | 29 | 87 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 88 | 67 | 21 | 82 |
| 5 | Birmingham City | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 44 | 21 | 77 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 69 | 50 | 19 | 76 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 48 | 16 | 74 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 49 | 13 | 74 |
| 9 | Fulham (P) | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 67 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 62 | 53 | 9 | 66 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers (R) | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 62 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 50 | -5 | 57 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | -11 | 57 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest (R) | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 53 | 55 | -2 | 56 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 57 | 67 | -10 | 54 |
| 16 | Sheffield United | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 59 | 71 | -12 | 54 |
| 17 | Stockport County | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 55 | 67 | -12 | 54 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 55 | 66 | -11 | 51 |
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 46 | 67 | -21 | 51 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 67 | -26 | 51 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 43 | 60 | -17 | 49 |
| 22 | Walsall (P) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 52 | 77 | -25 | 46 |
| 23 | Port Vale | 46 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 48 | 69 | -21 | 36 |
| 24 | Swindon Town | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 77 | -39 | 36 |