| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 27 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 3 | Blackpool | 28 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Stoke City | 27 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Liverpool | 27 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 28 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Manchester United | 26 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Sheffield United | 24 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Sunderland | 26 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Derby County | 25 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 27 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Chelsea | 26 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 26 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Arsenal | 26 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Portsmouth | 24 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 26 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Huddersfield Town | 27 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Leeds United | 27 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 41 | |||