| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GA | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Aston Villa | 31 | 45 | 2.18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 16 | ||
| 2nonMover | Sheffield United | 29 | 42 | 1.96 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 16 | ||
| 3nonMover | Sunderland | 29 | 35 | 1.46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | ||
| 4nonMover | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 28 | 35 | 1.33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | ||
| 5nonMover | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 31 | 1.32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6nonMover | Newcastle United | 28 | 28 | 1.18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | ||
| 7nonMover | Bury | 27 | 28 | 1.09 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | ||
| 8nonMover | Derby County | 28 | 28 | 0.97 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||
| 9nonMover | Stoke | 29 | 28 | 0.76 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||
| 10nonMover | Everton | 29 | 26 | 0.77 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | ||
| 11nonMover | Manchester City | 27 | 25 | 1.08 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 12nonMover | Liverpool | 29 | 25 | 0.98 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 13nonMover | Notts. County | 29 | 24 | 0.75 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 36 | ||
| 14nonMover | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | 24 | 0.73 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 34 | ||
| 15nonMover | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 23 | 0.78 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 33 | ||
| 16nonMover | Burnley | 29 | 23 | 0.70 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 17nonMover | Preston North End | 27 | 22 | 0.82 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 23 | ||
| 18nonMover | Glossop North End | 28 | 16 | 0.45 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 44 | ||