| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 23 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 23 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 24 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 22 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 22 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 23 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 21 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 23 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 23 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 22 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 21 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 22 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Clapton Orient | 21 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Walsall | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||