Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Liverpool 16 34   5 2 1 18 8   5 2 1 20 11
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 32   6 0 3 25 12   4 2 2 13 9
3 Blackpool 17 31   7 0 1 19 10   3 1 5 14 18
4 Manchester United 16 29   6 2 1 24 11   2 3 2 13 11
5 Stoke City 16 29   5 2 2 19 14   4 0 3 18 13
6 Middlesbrough 15 28   4 2 1 20 15   4 2 2 11 8
7 Sunderland 16 26   5 0 3 16 10   3 2 3 14 16
8 Aston Villa 16 25   3 3 3 14 8   4 1 2 9 7
9 Sheffield United 15 25   4 3 1 18 13   3 1 3 10 14
10 Preston North End 15 24   5 1 3 19 15   2 2 2 9 12
11 Grimsby Town 15 22   3 2 2 11 14   3 2 3 12 13
12 Charlton Athletic 16 21   4 0 4 19 12   2 3 3 13 20
13 Chelsea 16 21   4 1 3 17 19   2 2 4 14 17
14 Blackburn Rovers 15 20   2 1 4 9 8   4 1 3 9 7
15 Bolton Wanderers 16 19   3 3 2 13 10   2 1 5 11 15
16 Brentford 15 17   3 0 4 8 14   2 2 4 14 18
17 Leeds United 16 16   5 1 2 18 8   0 0 8 7 27
18 Everton 15 15   3 2 2 11 12   1 1 6 6 17
19 Portsmouth 16 14   4 0 3 15 10   0 2 7 10 21
20 Derby County 15 14   2 2 3 10 12   2 0 6 14 23
21 Arsenal 16 14   2 2 3 12 13   2 0 7 13 25
22 Huddersfield Town 16 13   4 1 3 16 11   0 0 8 5 29