| 1 | West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2 | Ipswich Town and Norwich City |
| 3 | Liverpool and Manchester United |
| 4 | Portsmouth and Southampton |
| 5 | Cardiff City and Swansea City |
| 6 | Aston Villa and Birmingham City |
| 7 | Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday |
| 8 | Bristol City and Bristol Rovers |
| 9 | Newcastle United and Sunderland |
| 10 | Brighton and Crystal Palace |
| 11 | Derby County and Nottingham Forest |
| 12 | Blackpool and Preston North End |
| 13 | Darlington and Hartlepool United |
| 14 | Luton Town and Watford |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers and Burnley |
| 16 | Port Vale and Stoke City |
| 17 | Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur |
| 18 | Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United |
| 19 | Everton and Liverpool |
| 20 | Leeds United and Manchester United |
| 21 | Chester City and Wrexham |
| 22 | Chesterfield and Mansfield Town |
| 23 | Northampton T and Peterborough United |
| 24 | Bury and Rochdale |
| 25 | Manchester City and Manchester United |
| 26 | Coventry City and Leicester City |
| 27 | Millwall and West Ham United |
| 28 | Accrington Stanley and Morecambe |
| 29 | Colchester United and Southend United |
| 30 | Macclesfield Town and Stockport County |
