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