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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Linfield | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 43 |
| 2 | Portadown | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 33 |
| 3 | Coleraine | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 31 |
| 5 | Crusaders | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 29 |
| 6 | Glentoran | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 23 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 19 |
| 8 | Donegal Celtic | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 15 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 13 |
| 10 | Lisburn Distillery | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 39 | 12 |
| 11 | Carrick Rangers | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 11 |
| 12 | Ballymena United | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 11 |