Table as at | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Manchester Utd Res | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 23 | 45 | 63 |
| 2 | Aston Villa Res | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 38 | 24 | 54 |
| 3 | Manchester City Res | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 32 | 23 | 54 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers Res | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 45 |
| 5 | Birmingham City Res | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Wolves Res | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 | Everton Res | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 34 | -11 | 35 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough Res | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 33 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers Res | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 41 | -9 | 33 |
| 10 | Sunderland Res | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Newcastle Utd Res | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 42 | -11 | 31 |
| 12 | West Brom Res | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 36 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Leeds Utd Res | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 52 | -21 | 28 |
| 14 | Liverpool Res | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 47 | -20 | 26 |
| 15 | Nott'm Forest Res | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 45 | -24 | 21 |
