| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 31 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 31 | 48 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 5 | Notts. County | 28 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 27 | |||
| 7 | Cardiff City | 29 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 30 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 30 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 30 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 29 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Aldershot | 29 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 29 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 35 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 36 | ||||
| 15 | 28 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | ||||
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 27 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Clapton Orient | 28 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Port Vale | 28 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 28 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 29 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 34 | |||