| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 17 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Aldershot | 17 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 18 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Mansfield Town | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 17 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Port Vale | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Southend United | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 17 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Notts. County | 16 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Clapton Orient | 16 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 19 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||