| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Arsenal | 27 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Burnley | 27 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 27 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Derby County | 26 | 44 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Blackpool | 27 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 7 | Manchester United | 27 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Portsmouth | 27 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 27 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Manchester City | 27 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Sheffield United | 28 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 13 | Aston Villa | 26 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Everton | 26 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Huddersfield Town | 26 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Liverpool | 28 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Sunderland | 28 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Stoke City | 27 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Chelsea | 27 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 22 | Grimsby Town | 27 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 50 | |||