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.

189798 Results

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Sheffield United	30	9	4	2	27	14	8	4	3	29	17	25	1.81	42
2	Sunderland	30	12	2	1	27	8	4	3	8	16	22	13	1.43	37
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	10	4	1	36	14	4	3	8	21	27	16	1.39	35
4	Everton	30	11	3	1	33	12	2	6	7	15	27	9	1.23	35
5	Sheffield Wednesday	30	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	9	12	27	9	1.21	33
6	Aston Villa	30	12	1	2	47	21	2	4	9	14	30	10	1.2	33
7	West Bromwich Albion	30	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	7	19	29	-1	0.98	32
8	Nottingham Forest	30	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	7	17	30	-2	0.96	31
9	Liverpool	30	7	4	4	27	16	4	2	9	21	29	3	1.07	28
10	Derby County	30	10	3	2	40	19	1	3	11	17	42	-4	0.93	28
11	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	2	4	18	13	2	2	11	10	28	-13	0.68	26
12	Preston North End	30	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	-8	0.81	24
13	Notts County	30	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	-10	0.78	24
14	Bury	30	8	3	4	25	19	0	5	10	14	32	-12	0.76	24
15	Blackburn Rovers	30	4	7	4	20	22	3	3	9	19	32	-15	0.72	24
16	Stoke City	30	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	-20	0.64	24

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