Up until 1976-7 the table was decided using the Goal Average (GA) calculation rather than todays method of Goal Difference (GD). Both columns are shown in these tables.

189495 Results

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Sunderland	30	13	2	0	51	14	8	3	4	29	23	43	2.16	47
2	Everton	30	12	2	1	47	18	6	4	5	35	32	32	1.64	42
3	Aston Villa	30	12	2	1	51	12	5	3	7	31	31	39	1.91	39
4	Preston North End	30	9	3	3	32	14	6	2	7	30	32	16	1.35	35
5	Blackburn Rovers	30	9	5	1	40	15	2	5	8	19	34	10	1.2	32
6	Sheffield United	30	10	2	3	33	17	4	2	9	24	38	2	1.04	32
7	Nottingham Forest	30	10	1	4	33	22	3	4	8	17	34	-6	0.89	31
8	Sheffield Wednesday	30	10	2	3	36	19	2	2	11	14	36	-5	0.91	28
9	Burnley	30	8	2	5	28	24	3	2	10	16	32	-12	0.79	26
10	Bolton Wanderers	30	8	3	4	45	23	1	4	10	16	39	-1	0.98	25
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	7	4	4	24	25	2	3	10	19	38	-20	0.68	25
12	Birmingham City	30	6	6	3	35	28	3	1	11	15	46	-24	0.68	25
13	West Bromwich Albion	30	9	2	4	38	21	1	2	12	13	45	-15	0.77	24
14	Stoke City	30	7	3	5	35	25	2	3	10	15	42	-17	0.75	24
15	Derby County	30	4	5	6	23	23	3	4	8	22	45	-23	0.66	23
16	Liverpool	30	6	4	5	38	28	1	4	10	13	42	-19	0.73	22

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