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			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Manchester United V V D V D	58	41 -1	24	10	7	82	51	+31
2		Blackpool D V D D D	49	41 -1	20	9	12	85	60	+25
3		Wolves D V D V V	46	40 -2	19	8	13	83	61	+22
4		Manchester City V D V D D	44	41 -1	17	10	14	78	67	+11
5		Arsenal V V V V D	44	41 -1	17	10	14	58	60	-2
6		Bolton Wanderers D D D V V	43	40 -2	18	7	15	68	50	+18
7		Birmingham City V V V D D	43	41 -1	17	9	15	70	55	+15
8		Sunderland D D V D V	43	41 -1	17	9	15	79	92	-13
9		Burnley V V D V D	42	41 -1	17	8	16	61	52	+9
10		Luton Town D D V D V	42	41 -1	17	8	16	64	61	+3
11		Newcastle D V D D D	41	42	17	7	18	85	70	+15
12		Portsmouth D V V D D	41	40 -2	16	9	15	76	80	-4
13		West Bromwich Albion D D D D V	41	41 -1	18	5	18	58	67	-9
14		Charlton Athletic D D V D D	40	42	17	6	19	75	81	-6
15		Everton D D V D V	40	42	15	10	17	55	69	-14
16		Cardiff City D D V D D	39	41 -1	15	9	17	54	67	-13
17		Chelsea D D D V D	37	41 -1	13	11	17	62	76	-14
18		Preston North End V D V D D	36	41 -1	14	8	19	73	71	+2
19		Tottenham Hotspur V D V D D	35	41 -1	14	7	20	58	70	-12
20		Huddersfield Town D D V V V	33	41 -1	13	7	21	51	82	-31
21		Sheffield United D V D D D	32	40 -2	12	8	20	59	71	-12
22		Aston Villa D D V D V	31	40 -2	9	13	18	48	69	-21

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			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Manchester United	37	20	17	3	0	50	20	+30
2		Blackpool	30	21	13	4	4	56	27	+29
3		Wolves	30	20	14	2	4	48	26	+22
4		Arsenal	30	21	13	4	4	38	22	+16
5		Bolton Wanderers	29	21	13	3	5	50	24	+26
6		West Bromwich Albion	29	21	13	3	5	37	25	+12
7		Newcastle	28	21	12	4	5	49	24	+25
8		Charlton Athletic	28	21	13	2	6	47	26	+21
9		Luton Town	28	20	12	4	4	42	24	+18
10		Sunderland	28	21	10	8	3	44	36	+8
11		Manchester City	27	21	11	5	5	40	27	+13
12		Everton	27	21	11	5	5	37	29	+8
13		Birmingham City	26	20	11	4	5	46	24	+22
14		Portsmouth	26	20	9	8	3	44	34	+10
15		Cardiff City	26	20	11	4	5	35	30	+5
16		Burnley	25	21	11	3	7	37	20	+17
17		Chelsea	22	20	9	4	7	30	25	+5
18		Aston Villa	22	20	8	6	6	29	29	0
19		Sheffield United	21	20	8	5	7	28	32	-4
20		Tottenham Hotspur	20	20	8	4	8	34	32	+2
21		Huddersfield Town	20	20	8	4	8	29	29	0
22		Preston North End	17	20	6	5	9	32	35	-3

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			PTS	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1		Manchester United	21	21	7	7	7	32	31	+1
2		Preston North End	19	21	8	3	10	41	36	+5
3		Blackpool	19	20	7	5	8	29	33	-4
4		Manchester City	17	20	6	5	9	38	40	-2
5		Birmingham City	17	21	6	5	10	24	31	-7
6		Burnley	17	20	6	5	9	24	32	-8
7		Wolves	16	20	5	6	9	35	35	0
8		Portsmouth	15	20	7	1	12	32	46	-14
9		Tottenham Hotspur	15	21	6	3	12	24	38	-14
10		Chelsea	15	21	4	7	10	32	51	-19
11		Sunderland	15	20	7	1	12	35	56	-21
12		Bolton Wanderers	14	19	5	4	10	18	26	-8
13		Luton Town	14	21	5	4	12	22	37	-15
14		Arsenal	14	20	4	6	10	20	38	-18
15		Newcastle	13	21	5	3	13	36	46	-10
16		Cardiff City	13	21	4	5	12	19	37	-18
17		Everton	13	21	4	5	12	18	40	-22
18		Huddersfield Town	13	21	5	3	13	22	53	-31
19		West Bromwich Albion	12	20	5	2	13	21	42	-21
20		Charlton Athletic	12	21	4	4	13	28	55	-27
21		Sheffield United	11	20	4	3	13	31	39	-8
22		Aston Villa	9	20	1	7	12	19	40	-21

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