Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 35   7 0 3 28 14   4 2 2 13 9
2 Liverpool 17 34   5 2 1 18 8   5 2 2 22 14
3 Blackpool 18 34   8 0 1 22 12   3 1 5 14 18
4 Manchester United 17 29   6 2 1 24 11   2 3 3 15 14
5 Stoke City 17 29   5 2 2 19 14   4 0 4 18 14
6 Middlesbrough 16 28   4 2 1 20 15   4 2 3 12 10
7 Sheffield United 16 28   4 3 1 18 13   4 1 3 13 16
8 Preston North End 16 27   5 1 3 19 15   3 2 2 11 12
9 Sunderland 17 26   5 0 4 16 12   3 2 3 14 16
10 Aston Villa 17 25   3 3 4 16 11   4 1 2 9 7
11 Grimsby Town 16 23   3 2 2 11 14   3 3 3 13 14
12 Blackburn Rovers 16 21   2 2 4 10 9   4 1 3 9 7
13 Charlton Athletic 17 21   4 0 4 19 12   2 3 4 13 23
14 Chelsea 17 21   4 1 3 17 19   2 2 5 15 20
15 Bolton Wanderers 17 20   3 3 2 13 10   2 2 5 13 17
16 Brentford 16 18   3 1 4 9 15   2 2 4 14 18
17 Everton 16 18   4 2 2 13 13   1 1 6 6 17
18 Portsmouth 17 17   5 0 3 18 10   0 2 7 10 21
19 Derby County 16 17   3 2 3 13 13   2 0 6 14 23
20 Leeds United 17 17   5 1 2 18 8   0 1 8 8 28
21 Huddersfield Town 17 16   5 1 3 17 11   0 0 8 5 29
22 Arsenal 17 15   2 3 3 14 15   2 0 7 13 25