Pos Team Pld Pts GD W D L F A
1 Arsenal 42 66 +68 28 10 4 127 59
2 Aston Villa 42 59 +50 25 9 8 128 78
3 Sheffield Wednesday 42 52 +27 22 8 12 102 75
4 Portsmouth 42 49 +17 18 13 11 84 67
5 Huddersfield Town 42 48 +16 18 12 12 81 65
6 Derby County 42 46 +15 18 10 14 94 79
7 Middlesbrough 42 46 +8 19 8 15 98 90
8 Manchester City 42 46 +5 18 10 14 75 70
9 Liverpool 42 42 +1 15 12 15 86 85
10 Blackburn Rovers 42 42 -1 17 8 17 83 84
11 Sunderland 42 41 +4 16 9 17 89 85
12 Chelsea 42 40 -3 15 10 17 64 67
13 Grimsby Town 42 39 -5 17 5 20 82 87
14 Bolton Wanderers 42 39 -13 15 9 18 68 81
15 Sheffield United 42 38 -6 14 10 18 78 84
16 Leicester City 42 38 -15 16 6 20 80 95
17 Newcastle United 42 36 -9 15 6 21 78 87
18 West Ham United 42 36 -15 14 8 20 79 94
19 Birmingham 42 36 -15 13 10 19 55 70
20 Blackpool 42 32 -54 11 10 21 71 125
21 Leeds United 42 31 -13 12 7 23 68 81
22 Manchester United 42 22 -62 7 8 27 53 115