| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 24 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 24 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Aldershot | 23 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Swindon Town | 23 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 25 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Notts. County | 22 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Bristol City | 24 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 23 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 24 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 23 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Port Vale | 22 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 15 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Clapton Orient | 22 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 23 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||