A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division; B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division. |
FAC FA Cup W Winner(s); F Finalist(s). |
| Position | Club | Points | History | Notes |
| Newcastle United | FAC-F | |||
| Everton | ||||
| Manchester City | ||||
| Aston Villa | FAC-W | |||
| Sunderland | ||||
| Sheffield United | ||||
| Small Heath | ||||
| Preston North End | ||||
| Wednesday | ||||
| Woolwich Arsenal | ||||
| Derby County | ||||
| Stoke | ||||
| Blackburn Rovers | ||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||||
| Middlesbrough | ||||
| Nottingham Forest | ||||
| Bury | ||||
| Notts County |
| FA Cup Final | Aston Villa 2 Newcastle United 0 |
Towards the end of the season, Everton lost a match at Arsenal by 2 - 1. This was a replay of a game previously abandoned because of fog. Everton had been winning 3 - 1. Had they won that game they would have been Champions.
No clubs were relegated because the League was to be expanded to 20 clubs.