| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 23 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 24 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 23 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Stoke City | 23 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Sheffield United | 21 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Manchester United | 22 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 24 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Derby County | 22 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 11 | Sunderland | 23 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 23 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Arsenal | 23 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Everton | 23 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 23 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Portsmouth | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Leeds United | 23 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 33 | |||