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.

195253 Results

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	42	15	3	3	46	25	6	9	6	39	33	27	1.47	54
2	Arsenal	42	14	4	3	59	30	6	9	6	37	34	32	1.5	53
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	5	3	54	27	6	9	6	32	34	25	1.41	52
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	3	5	35	19	8	5	8	32	41	7	1.12	50
5	Charlton Athletic	42	12	8	1	47	22	7	3	11	30	41	14	1.22	49
6	Burnley	42	11	6	4	36	20	7	6	8	31	32	15	1.29	48
7	Blackpool	42	13	5	3	45	22	6	4	11	26	48	1	1.01	47
8	Manchester United	42	11	5	5	33	30	8	4	9	34	42	-5	0.93	47
9	Sunderland	42	11	9	1	42	27	4	4	13	26	53	-12	0.85	43
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	6	4	55	37	4	5	12	23	32	9	1.13	41
11	Cardiff City	42	7	8	6	32	18	7	4	10	22	29	7	1.15	40
12	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	35	23	5	6	10	27	38	1	1.02	40
13	Middlesbrough	42	12	5	4	46	27	2	6	13	24	50	-7	0.91	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	4	8	39	35	6	5	10	22	34	-8	0.88	39
15	Portsmouth	42	10	6	5	43	34	4	4	13	30	49	-10	0.88	38
16	Newcastle United	42	9	5	7	34	33	5	4	12	25	37	-11	0.84	37
17	Liverpool	42	10	6	5	36	28	4	2	15	25	54	-21	0.74	36
18	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	6	7	35	32	4	5	12	27	40	-10	0.86	35
19	Chelsea	42	10	4	7	35	24	2	7	12	21	43	-11	0.84	35
20	Manchester City	42	12	2	7	45	28	2	5	14	27	59	-15	0.83	35
21	Stoke City	42	10	4	7	35	26	2	6	13	18	40	-13	0.8	34
22	Derby County	42	9	6	6	41	29	2	4	15	18	45	-15	0.8	32

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