| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 19 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Aldershot | 18 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 20 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 18 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 19 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 18 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 18 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 19 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Port Vale | 17 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 16 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Clapton Orient | 18 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 18 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 18 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 20 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | |||