| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | G | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Linfield | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 34:5 | 29 | 41 | |
| 2. | Glentoran | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35:12 | 23 | 38 | |
| 3. | Cliftonville | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35:20 | 15 | 31 | |
| 4. | Crusaders | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25:20 | 5 | 26 | |
| 5. | Ballymena | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20:17 | 3 | 26 | |
| 6. | Lisburn Distillery | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16:8 | 8 | 25 | |
| 7. | Newry City | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23:21 | 2 | 25 | |
| 8. | Portadown | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 23:24 | -1 | 24 | |
| 9. | Donegal | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26:21 | 5 | 21 | |
| 10. | Dungannon | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23:23 | 0 | 21 | |
| 11. | Coleraine | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22:28 | -6 | 19 | |
| 12. | Limavady | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16:25 | -9 | 15 | |
| 13. | Armagh | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17:26 | -9 | 13 | |
| 14. | Glenavon | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17:27 | -10 | 12 | |
| 15. | Institute | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12:19 | -7 | 11 | |
| 16. | Larne | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 23:35 | -12 | 11 |