Final League Table (1st)
Pn Team Pd W D L     F     A   Pts
1 Blackpool 18 14 1 3 75 19 29
2 Lincoln City 18 13 3 2 54 28 29
3 Preston North E. 18 13 1 4 58 18 27
4 Manchester Utd 18 10 6 2 79 27 26
5 Stoke City 18 12 2 4 75 36 26
6 Everton 18 12 2 4 61 31 26
7 Blackburn Rovers 18 10 6 2 40 24 26
8 Liverpool 18 11 4 3 66 44 26
9 Gateshead 18 9 5 4 39 35 23
10 Sunderland 18 9 4 5 50 30 22
11 Huddersfield T. 18 10 1 7 48 33 21
12 Bradford Park Av 18 8 5 5 33 28 21
13 Grimsby Town 18 7 6 5 41 31 20
14 Barnsley 18 8 4 6 39 31 20
15 Newcastle United 18 7 6 5 46 39 20
16 Sheffield Wed. 18 7 5 6 33 37 19
17 Manchester City 18 8 3 7 48 54 19
18 Sheffield United 18 7 4 7 39 38 18
19 Burnley 18 6 6 6 36 40 18
20 Halifax Town 18 7 3 8 29 41 17
21 Oldham Athletic 18 6 4 8 40 49 16
22 Rochdale 18 6 4 8 28 52 16
23 Chesterfield 18 5 5 8 27 31 15
24 Chester 18 6 3 9 45 53 15
25 Middlesbrough 18 6 3 9 44 56 15
26 Leeds United 18 7 1 10 36 46 15
27 Doncaster Rovers 18 6 2 10 39 46 14
28 Bradford City 18 5 4 9 32 42 14
29 Rotherham Utd 18 6 2 10 33 47 14
30 New Brighton 18 4 6 8 39 75 14
31 Tranmere Rovers 18 5 3 10 35 60 13
32 York City 18 4 4 10 41 55 12
33 Mansfield Town 18 6 0 12 29 50 12
34 Bolton Wanderers 18 3 5 10 35 48 11
35 Southport 18 5 1 12 33 61 11
36 Bury 18 3 3 12 37 59 9
37 Wrexham 18 2 5 11 40 69 9
38 Stockport Co 18 2 2 14 34 73 6
The "league" season was divided into two. The first league required each team to play 18 games against local opposition (Sunderland's opponents are highlighted) up until 25th December. The second league was less formalised, with cup qualifiers and regional cup fixtures doubling as league matches. Only teams that managed to fit in 18 or more games were included in the final table, for which the points were based on an average that would have been achieved over 23 games! War Cup qualification consisted of 10 games against local opposition (highlighted, plus Newcastle, Gateshead and York who did not qualify for the final league table). A separate table across all the "northern" teams was then compiled counting only the 10 qualifying games, and the top 32 teams in this table went forward to the knock-out stages.
  Final League Table (2nd)
Pn Team Pd W D L     F     A   Pts
1 Manchester Utd 19 12 4 3 44 25 33.89
2 Blackpool 22 14 4 4 108 34 33.45
3 Northampton T. 21 14 2 5 70 31 32.85
4 Liverpool 21 14 2 5 57 39 32.85
5 Wolverhampton W. 20 13 1 6 52 29 31.05
6 Huddersfield T. 20 9 6 5 42 33 27.60
7 Blackburn Rovers 22 10 6 6 40 31 27.18
8 West Bromwich A. 18 9 3 6 53 43 26.83
9 Grimsby Town 18 8 5 5 31 22 26.83
10 Sunderland 22 9 7 6 53 42 26.13
11 Cardiff City 20 9 4 7 59 38 25.30
12 Preston North E. 19 6 7 6 41 30 23.00
13 Chesterfield 18 8 2 8 32 31 23.00
14 Middlesbrough 18 7 4 7 37 36 23.00
15 Everton 23 9 5 9 37 41 23.00
16 Stoke City 20 9 2 9 41 49 23.00
17 Leicester City 18 6 4 8 39 38 20.44
18 Bradford Park Av 19 5 6 8 35 40 19.36
19 Halifax Town 19 4 7 8 30 40 18.15
20 Burnley 19 7 1 11 29 53 18.15
21 Chester 20 6 3 11 34 41 17.25
22 Oldham Athletic 18 4 3 11 30 43 14.05