| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Liverpool | 22 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 23 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 22 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 21 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Manchester United | 21 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Sheffield United | 20 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Aston Villa | 22 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 22 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Derby County | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 22 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Arsenal | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Everton | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Brentford | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Leeds United | 22 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Portsmouth | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||