| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 21 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Burnley | 21 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 22 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Blackpool | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Aston Villa | 22 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Derby County | 22 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Everton | 22 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 22 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Manchester United | 21 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Liverpool | 22 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Chelsea | 21 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Portsmouth | 21 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Sheffield United | 22 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Sunderland | 22 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Stoke City | 22 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 21 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 22 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 41 | |||