Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Manchester United 20 47   7 3 0 21 3   7 2 1 20 10
2 Leeds United 22 45   7 4 0 20 10   5 5 1 18 7
3 Sheffield Wednesday 21 38   8 2 1 25 10   3 3 4 10 12
4 Manchester City 22 36   5 3 3 15 13   5 3 3 16 14
5 Liverpool 21 34   6 3 1 16 9   2 7 2 8 8
6 Aston Villa 21 33   7 1 3 20 11   3 2 5 11 15
7 Arsenal 20 32   7 1 2 22 11   2 4 4 17 16
8 Nottingham Forest 21 30   6 2 2 22 15   3 1 7 13 16
9 Everton 22 29   6 3 2 19 8   2 2 7 13 21
10 Crystal Palace 20 29   4 2 4 14 17   4 3 3 18 22
11 Chelsea 22 28   4 4 3 20 18   3 3 5 10 16
12 Tottenham Hotspur 20 27   3 0 6 12 13   5 3 3 17 15
13 Norwich City 21 27   4 5 2 14 12   2 4 4 13 15
14 Coventry City 21 26   5 1 4 13 6   3 1 7 10 17
15 Queens Park Rangers 22 26   2 5 4 10 14   4 3 4 10 14
16 Wimbledon 21 24   5 3 3 17 12   1 3 6 8 16
17 Oldham Athletic 21 23   4 5 2 23 21   2 0 8 11 19
18 Notts. County 21 22   4 1 5 13 17   2 3 6 10 14
19 West Ham United 21 20   2 4 4 9 11   2 4 5 12 20
20 Sheffield United 22 20   4 3 4 13 14   1 2 8 14 25
21 Southampton 21 19   2 4 5 7 18   2 3 5 12 15
22 Luton Town 21 18   4 4 3 11 11   0 2 8 3 29