Pos Team Pld Pts GD W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 34 48 +39 23 2 9 72 33
2 Everton 34 47 +27 21 5 8 63 36
3 Manchester City 34 46 +29 20 6 8 66 37
4 Aston Villa 34 42 +20 19 4 11 63 43
5 Sunderland 34 40 +16 16 8 10 60 44
6 Sheffield United 34 40 +8 19 2 13 64 56
7 Small Heath 34 39 +16 17 5 12 54 38
8 Preston North End 34 36 +5 13 10 11 42 37
9 The Wednesday 34 33 +4 14 5 15 61 57
10 Woolwich Arsenal 34 33 -4 12 9 13 36 40
11 Derby County 34 32 -11 12 8 14 37 48
12 Stoke 34 30 -18 13 4 17 40 58
13 Blackburn Rovers 34 27 -11 11 5 18 40 51
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 26 -26 11 4 19 47 73
15 Middlesbrough 34 26 -20 9 8 17 36 56
16 Nottingham Forest 34 25 -21 9 7 18 40 61
17 34 24 -20 10 4 20 47 67
18 Notts. County 34 18 -33 5 8 21 36 69