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.

198788 Results

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	40	15	5	0	49	9	11	7	2	38	15	63	3.63	90
2	Manchester United	40	14	5	1	41	16	9	7	4	30	21	34	1.92	81
3	Nottingham Forest	40	11	7	2	40	14	9	6	5	27	22	31	1.86	73
4	Everton	40	13	4	3	33	12	5	9	6	19	16	24	1.86	67
5	Arsenal	40	12	3	5	36	15	7	7	6	23	24	20	1.51	67
6	Queens Park Rangers	40	12	4	4	32	15	7	6	7	17	23	11	1.29	67
7	Wimbledon	40	8	9	3	32	20	7	6	7	27	26	13	1.28	60
8	Newcastle United	40	9	6	5	32	22	6	7	7	23	29	4	1.08	58
9	Southampton	40	8	7	5	30	23	6	6	8	20	25	2	1.04	55
10	Luton Town	40	12	5	3	40	20	3	4	13	16	38	-2	0.97	54
11	Sheffield Wednesday	40	10	2	8	27	30	5	6	9	25	36	-14	0.79	53
12	Coventry City	40	6	8	6	21	23	6	5	9	20	31	-13	0.76	49
13	Tottenham Hotspur	40	8	6	6	25	23	4	5	11	16	25	-7	0.85	47
14	Norwich City	40	7	5	8	26	26	5	4	11	12	26	-14	0.73	45
15	Derby County	40	6	7	7	18	17	4	6	10	17	28	-10	0.78	43
16	Chelsea	40	7	11	2	24	17	2	5	13	26	50	-17	0.75	43
17	Charlton Athletic	40	7	7	6	23	21	2	8	10	15	31	-14	0.73	42
18	West Ham United	40	6	9	5	23	21	2	6	12	17	34	-15	0.73	39
19	Portsmouth	40	5	7	8	24	29	3	6	11	15	39	-29	0.57	37
20	Watford	40	4	4	12	14	24	3	6	11	12	27	-25	0.51	31
21	Oxford United	40	5	7	8	24	34	1	6	13	17	46	-39	0.51	31

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