| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | |||
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Burnley | 29 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 51 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Manchester United | 29 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Preston North End | 29 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Arsenal | 28 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | |||
| 11 | Chelsea | 29 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16 | 46 | |||
| 13 | Blackpool | 29 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 41 | |||
| 14 | Cardiff City | 29 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 34 | |||
| 15 | Sunderland | 29 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 41 | |||
| 16 | Manchester City | 29 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Aston Villa | 28 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Portsmouth | 29 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 41 | |||
| 19 | Newcastle United | 30 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Sheffield United | 29 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 29 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 40 | |||
| 22 | Liverpool | 29 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 47 | |||