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Manchester United won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season, ahead of newly-promoted Leeds United after Leeds drew their final game of the season (3-3) against already relegated Birmingham City; whilst Manchester United, with still one further game to play, beat Arsenal 3-1 at Old Trafford, the celebratory third goal coming from Denis Law.
1 Liverpool (C) 42 23 14 5 66 31 2.129 60 Qualification for the European Cup first round: 2 Queens Park Rangers: 42 24 11 7 67 33 2.030 59 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round: 3 Manchester United: 42 23 10 9 68 42 1.619 56 4 Derby County: 42 21 11 10 75 58 1.293 53 5 Leeds United: 42 21 9 12 65 46 1.413 51 6 Ipswich Town: 42 16 14 12 54 ...
1 Derby County (C) 42 21 11 10 67 49 1.367 53 Qualification for the European Cup first round: 2 Liverpool: 42 20 11 11 60 39 1.538 51 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round: 3 Ipswich Town: 42 23 5 14 66 44 1.500 51 4 Everton: 42 16 18 8 56 42 1.333 50 5 Stoke City: 42 17 15 10 64 48 1.333 49 6 Sheffield United: 42 18 13 11 58 51 1.137 49 7 ...
The title was confirmed on 24 April, after title challengers Liverpool lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal. Relegation was increased from two teams to three this season. Norwich City were relegated on 20 April, despite beating Burnley 1-0 at Carrow Road , Southampton 's 1-1 draw with Manchester United sent the Canaries down.
Another English striker who established himself as a top scorer at this level this season was the Sheffield Wednesday striker David Hirst, scoring the goals that helped the Owls win the League Cup and an instant return to the First Division in 1990–91, and finishing among the First Division's leading scorers in 1991–92.
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the RSSSF website [1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, [2] with home and away statistics separated.
1 Tottenham Hotspur (C) 42 31 4 7 115 55 2.091 66 Qualified for the European Cup: 2 Sheffield Wednesday: 42 23 12 7 78 47 1.660 58 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers: 42 25 7 10 103 75 1.373 57 4 Burnley: 42 22 7 13 102 77 1.325 51 5 Everton: 42 22 6 14 87 69 1.261 50 6 Leicester City [a] 42 18 9 15 87 70 1.243 45
Arsenal took their second league title in three seasons despite a season during which it often looked as though the good points would be outnumbered by the bad points. A player brawl in a league fixture against Manchester United in October saw Arsenal have two points deducted, and a few weeks later captain Tony Adams was given a four-month prison sentence for drink-driving (he ended up serving ...