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.

189596 Results

Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	GD	GA	Pts
1	Liverpool	30	14	1	0	65	11	8	1	6	41	21	74	3.31	46
2	Manchester City	30	12	3	0	37	9	9	1	5	26	29	25	1.66	46
3	Grimsby Town	30	14	1	0	51	9	6	1	8	31	29	44	2.16	42
4	Burton Wanderers	30	12	1	2	43	15	7	3	5	26	25	29	1.73	42
5	Newcastle United	30	14	0	1	57	14	2	2	11	16	36	23	1.46	34
6	Manchester United	30	12	2	1	48	15	3	1	11	18	42	9	1.16	33
7	Arsenal	30	11	1	3	43	11	3	3	9	16	31	17	1.4	32
8	Leicester City	30	10	0	5	40	16	4	4	7	17	28	13	1.3	32
9	Darwen	30	9	4	2	55	22	3	2	10	17	45	5	1.07	30
10	Notts County	30	8	1	6	41	22	4	1	10	16	32	3	1.06	26
11	Burton United	30	7	2	6	24	26	3	2	10	15	43	-30	0.57	24
12	Loughborough	30	7	3	5	32	25	2	2	11	8	42	-27	0.6	23
13	Lincoln City	30	7	1	7	36	24	2	3	10	17	51	-22	0.71	22
14	Port Vale	30	6	4	5	25	24	1	0	14	18	54	-35	0.55	18
15	Rotherham Town	30	7	2	6	27	26	0	1	14	7	71	-63	0.35	17
16	Crewe Alexandra	30	5	2	8	22	28	0	1	14	8	67	-65	0.32	13

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