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