| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Aston Villa | 34 | 50 | 2.20 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 17 | ||
| 2nonMover | Sheffield United | 33 | 48 | 1.97 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 21 | ||
| 3nonMover | Sunderland | 33 | 41 | 1.48 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 26 | ||
| 4nonMover | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 39 | 1.37 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 19 | ||
| 5nonMover | Manchester City | 33 | 34 | 1.25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | ||
| 6nonMover | Newcastle United | 33 | 34 | 1.21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 27 | ||
| 7nonMover | Derby County | 33 | 34 | 0.98 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 28 | ||
| 8nonMover | Stoke | 34 | 34 | 0.82 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 | ||
| 9nonMover | Nottingham Forest | 33 | 32 | 0.95 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 39 | ||
| 10nonMover | Liverpool | 33 | 31 | 1.07 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11nonMover | Everton | 33 | 31 | 0.88 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12nonMover | Bury | 32 | 30 | 0.93 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 27 | ||
| 13nonMover | West Bromwich Albion | 33 | 29 | 0.84 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 39 | ||
| 14nonMover | Notts. County | 33 | 29 | 0.79 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 36 | ||
| 15nonMover | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 28 | 0.82 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 35 | ||
| 16nonMover | Burnley | 32 | 25 | 0.66 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 33 | ||
| 17nonMover | Preston North End | 32 | 24 | 0.71 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 28 | ||
| 18nonMover | Glossop North End | 32 | 17 | 0.41 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 52 | ||