Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Arsenal 20 45   8 3 0 23 5   5 3 1 13 5
2 Preston North End 21 39   7 2 1 21 13   5 1 5 14 18
3 Burnley 20 38   5 3 2 13 5   5 5 0 15 8
4 Middlesbrough 20 34   6 2 2 20 10   4 2 4 25 18
5 Blackpool 21 34   7 2 2 19 7   3 2 5 7 13
6 Aston Villa 21 33   6 3 1 20 8   3 3 5 14 20
7 Derby County 21 32   5 5 1 16 10   3 3 4 18 17
8 Manchester City 21 30   8 1 2 25 12   0 5 5 7 12
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 29   5 1 4 24 17   3 4 3 20 19
10 Everton 21 29   5 2 4 13 12   3 3 4 10 16
11 Charlton Athletic 20 28   5 1 5 23 19   4 0 5 8 22
12 Portsmouth 20 27   6 2 2 23 7   2 1 7 7 17
13 Liverpool 21 27   4 5 0 19 11   3 1 8 11 22
14 Chelsea 20 27   7 3 1 20 12   1 0 8 6 21
15 Manchester United 20 25   3 4 2 21 15   2 6 3 18 13
16 Sheffield United 21 25   5 3 2 22 14   2 1 8 10 26
17 Huddersfield Town 21 24   5 2 4 16 11   1 4 5 12 19
18 Sunderland 21 24   5 2 3 18 10   1 4 6 12 25
19 Bolton Wanderers 20 20   5 0 4 16 15   1 2 8 6 19
20 Stoke City 21 20   3 3 4 10 12   2 2 7 8 21
21 Blackburn Rovers 20 19   2 3 5 16 18   3 1 6 10 17
22 Grimsby Town 21 16   3 1 7 9 22   2 0 8 14 39