Pos   Team P W D L GFGAGD Pts
1 Newcastle United 34 21 9 4 642440 72
2 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 9 7 683830 66
3 Nottingham Forest 35 18 10 7 492722 64
4 Swansea City 35 15 14 6 31238 59
5 Leicester City 34 14 12 8 42339 54
6 Cardiff City 34 15 7 12 574314 52
7 Blackpool 35 13 11 11 514110 50
8 Coventry City 35 13 10 12 4046-6 49
9 Sheffield United 35 13 9 13 48480 48
10 Middlesbrough 35 13 8 14 45387 47
11 Doncaster Rovers 35 11 12 12 45432 45
12 Bristol City 35 10 15 10 4049-9 45
13 Barnsley 34 13 6 15 4454-10 45
14 Preston North End 35 11 11 13 4250-8 44
15 QPR 34 11 10 13 4852-4 43
16 Derby County 35 12 6 17 4252-10 42
17 Reading 33 11 8 14 4450-6 41
18 Ipswich Town 35 8 17 10 3946-7 41
19 Watford 33 10 9 14 4450-6 39
20 Scunthorpe United 34 10 8 16 4161-20 38
21 Crystal Palace 34 12 11 11 3637-1 37
22 Sheffield Wednesday 35 10 7 18 3856-18 37
23 Plymouth Argyle 34 8 6 20 3350-17 30
24 Peterborough United 35 6 9 20 3757-20 27