| Place | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | Points |
| 1. | The Wednesday FC | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 22 | 54 |
| 2. | Bolton Wanderers FC | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 25 | 52 |
| 3. | Small Heath FC | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 78 | 38 | 46 |
| 4. | Newton Heath FC | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 27 | 44 |
| 5. | Leicester Fosse FC | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 36 | 43 |
| 6. | Grimsby Town FC | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 67 | 46 | 40 |
| 7. | Chesterfield FC | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 65 | 60 | 38 |
| 8. | Woolwich Arsenal FC | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 61 | 43 | 36 |
| 9. | Lincoln City FC | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 36 |
| 10. | New Brighton Tower FC | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 66 | 58 | 35 |
| 11. | Burslem Port Vale FC | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 34 |
| 12. | Walsall FC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 32 |
| 13. | Gainsborough Trinity FC | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 75 | 25 |
| 14. | Middlesbrough FC | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 39 | 69 | 24 |
| 15. | Burton Swifts FC | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 84 | 24 |
| 16. | Barnsley FC | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 46 | 79 | 23 |
| 17. | Luton Town FC | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 75 | 18 |
| 18. | Loughborough Town FC | 34 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 100 | 8 |