| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Manchester United | 28 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Leeds United | 28 | 56 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Manchester City | 30 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 29 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Liverpool | 29 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Arsenal | 30 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Aston Villa | 29 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Chelsea | 30 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 29 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Everton | 28 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Wimbledon | 28 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Coventry City | 28 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Sheffield United | 29 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Notts. County | 28 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Luton Town | 29 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 39 | |||
| 21 | West Ham United | 27 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Southampton | 28 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | |||