Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Manchester United 19 44   7 3 0 21 3   6 2 1 14 7
2 Leeds United 21 44   7 3 0 17 7   5 5 1 18 7
3 Sheffield Wednesday 20 35   8 2 1 25 10   2 3 4 9 12
4 Liverpool 20 33   6 3 1 16 9   2 6 2 8 8
5 Manchester City 21 33   4 3 3 13 12   5 3 3 16 14
6 Arsenal 19 32   7 1 2 22 11   2 4 3 17 15
7 Aston Villa 20 30   6 1 3 17 10   3 2 5 11 15
8 Everton 21 29   6 3 1 19 7   2 2 7 13 21
9 Chelsea 21 28   4 4 3 20 18   3 3 4 10 14
10 Crystal Palace 19 28   4 2 4 14 17   4 2 3 17 21
11 Nottingham Forest 20 27   6 2 2 22 15   2 1 7 11 15
12 Tottenham Hotspur 19 27   3 0 5 11 11   5 3 3 17 15
13 Norwich City 20 27   4 5 2 14 12   2 4 3 12 13
14 Queens Park Rangers 21 25   2 4 4 10 14   4 3 4 10 14
15 Coventry City 20 23   5 1 4 13 6   2 1 7 7 17
16 Wimbledon 20 23   5 2 3 16 11   1 3 6 8 16
17 Oldham Athletic 20 23   4 5 1 20 15   2 0 8 11 19
18 Sheffield United 21 20   4 3 3 13 11   1 2 8 14 25
19 West Ham United 20 20   2 4 4 9 11   2 4 4 11 17
20 Notts. County 20 19   3 1 5 11 17   2 3 6 10 14
21 Southampton 20 18   2 4 5 7 18   2 2 5 9 12
22 Luton Town 20 15   3 4 3 10 11   0 2 8 3 29