Pos Team Pld Pts GD W D L F A
1 Newcastle United 38 51 +28 22 7 9 74 46
2 Bristol City 38 48 +19 20 8 10 66 47
3 Everton 38 45 +24 20 5 13 70 46
4 Sheffield United 38 45 +2 17 11 10 57 55
5 Aston Villa 38 44 +26 19 6 13 78 52
6 Bolton Wanderers 38 44 +12 18 8 12 59 47
7 Woolwich Arsenal 38 44 +7 20 4 14 66 59
8 Manchester United 38 42 -3 17 8 13 53 56
9 Birmingham 38 38 0 15 8 15 52 52
10 Sunderland 38 37 -1 14 9 15 65 66
11 Middlesbrough 38 36 -7 15 6 17 56 63
12 Blackburn Rovers 38 35 -3 14 7 17 56 59
13 The Wednesday 38 35 -11 12 11 15 49 60
14 Preston North End 38 35 -13 14 7 17 44 57
15 Liverpool 38 33 -1 13 7 18 64 65
16 38 32 -10 13 6 19 58 68
17 Manchester City 38 32 -24 10 12 16 53 77
18 Notts. County 38 31 -4 8 15 15 46 50
19 Derby County 38 27 -18 9 9 20 41 59
20 Stoke 38 26 -23 8 10 20 41 64