| Place | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF | GA | Points |
| 1. | Notts County | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 92 | 43 | 42 |
| 2. | Newton Heath | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 34 | 39 |
| 3. | Grimsby Town | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 45 | 38 |
| 4. | Small Heath | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 69 | 47 | 37 |
| 5. | Newcastle United | 30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 56 | 52 | 35 |
| 6. | Manchester City | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 58 | 50 | 32 |
| 7. | Gainsborough Trinity | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 47 | 31 |
| 8. | FC Blackpool | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 56 | 31 |
| 9. | Leicester Fosse | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 56 | 30 |
| 10. | Woolwich Arsenal | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 69 | 70 | 30 |
| 11. | FC Darwen | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 67 | 61 | 28 |
| 12. | FC Walsall | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 53 | 69 | 26 |
| 13. | FC Loughborough | 30 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 50 | 64 | 25 |
| 14. | Burton Swifts | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 46 | 61 | 24 |
| 15. | Burton Wanderers | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 67 | 20 |
| 16. | Lincoln City | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 27 | 85 | 12 |