| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 30 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 28 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 30 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 27 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 29 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 29 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Watford | 29 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 28 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 28 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 28 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 28 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 14 | 27 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 36 | ||||
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 37 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 27 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Clapton Orient | 27 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 27 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 34 | |||