| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 20 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 19 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 21 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 20 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Manchester United | 19 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 18 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 20 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 20 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Derby County | 19 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 19 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 20 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Everton | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Arsenal | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 19 | Portsmouth | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Leeds United | 20 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 35 | |||