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. |
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup; CWC Cup Winners' Cup W Winner(s); F Finalist(s). |
| Position | Club | Points | History | Notes |
| Arsenal | FAC-W | |||
| Manchester United | ||||
| Liverpool | ||||
| Chelsea | CWC-W; LC-W | |||
| Leeds United | ||||
| Blackburn Rovers | ||||
| Aston Villa | ||||
| West Ham United | ||||
| Derby County | ||||
| Leicester City | ||||
| Coventry City | ||||
| Southampton | ||||
| Newcastle United | FAC-F | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | ||||
| Wimbledon | ||||
| Sheffield Wednesday | ||||
| Everton | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers | ||||
| Barnsley | ||||
| Crystal Palace |
| League Cup Final | Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 aet |
| FA Cup Final | Arsenal 2 Newcastle United 0 |
Cheslea made it a good year for London by winning the Cup Winners Cup and the League Cup.
Middlesbrough reached their third domestic final in two seasons; they lost the League Cup final.
All three of the newly promoted clubs were relegated.