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.

190506 Results

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	38	14	3	2	49	15	9	2	8	30	31	33	1.72	51
2	Preston North End	38	11	6	2	36	16	5	8	6	18	24	14	1.35	46
3	Sheffield Wednesday	38	12	5	2	40	20	6	3	10	23	32	11	1.21	44
4	Newcastle United	38	12	4	3	49	23	6	3	10	25	25	26	1.54	43
5	Manchester City	38	11	2	6	46	23	8	3	8	27	31	19	1.35	43
6	Bolton Wanderers	38	13	1	5	51	22	4	6	9	30	45	14	1.21	41
7	Birmingham City	38	14	2	3	49	20	3	5	11	16	39	6	1.1	41
8	Aston Villa	38	13	2	4	51	19	4	4	11	21	37	16	1.29	40
9	Blackburn Rovers	38	10	5	4	34	18	6	3	10	20	34	2	1.04	40
10	Stoke City	38	12	5	2	41	15	4	2	13	13	40	-1	0.98	39
11	Everton	38	12	1	6	44	30	3	6	10	26	36	4	1.06	37
12	Arsenal	38	12	4	3	43	21	3	3	13	19	43	-2	0.97	37
13	Sheffield United	38	10	4	5	33	23	5	2	12	24	39	-5	0.92	36
14	Sunderland	38	13	2	4	40	21	2	3	14	21	49	-9	0.87	35
15	Notts County	38	9	8	2	33	19	3	3	13	21	50	-15	0.78	35
16	Derby County	38	10	5	4	27	16	4	2	13	12	42	-19	0.67	35
17	Bury	38	8	5	6	30	26	3	6	10	26	46	-16	0.78	33
18	Middlesbrough	38	10	4	5	41	23	0	7	12	15	48	-15	0.79	31
19	Nottingham Forest	38	10	3	6	39	27	2	3	14	18	52	-22	0.72	30
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	7	5	7	38	28	1	2	16	20	71	-41	0.59	23

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