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 |
| Huddersfield Town | ||||
| Arsenal | ||||
| Sunderland | ||||
| Bury | ||||
| Sheffield United | ||||
| Aston Villa | ||||
| Liverpool | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers | FAC-W | |||
| Manchester United | ||||
| Newcastle United | ||||
| Everton | ||||
| Blackburn Rovers | ||||
| West Bromwich Albion | ||||
| Birmingham | ||||
| Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Cardiff City | ||||
| Leicester City | ||||
| West Ham United | ||||
| Leeds United | ||||
| Burnley | ||||
| Manchester City | FAC-F | |||
| Notts County |
| FA Cup Final | Bolton Wanderers 1 Manchester City 0 |
Manchester City reach the FA Cup final and are relegated. They needed to draw their final game to stay up. They lost 2 - 3 after missing a penalty.
The off-side law was changed to make goal scoring easier.