| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 21 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 21 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Aldershot | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 21 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 22 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 20 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 21 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Cardiff City | 20 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 20 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 14 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Clapton Orient | 19 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 21 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||