| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 32 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 3 | Reading | 32 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 27 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 29 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 31 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 31 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Swindon Town | 30 | 46 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 30 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 31 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Aldershot | 30 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 30 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 14 | 29 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | 27 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 39 | ||||
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 29 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 29 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Clapton Orient | 29 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 30 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | |||