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