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