| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Newport County | 28 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 27 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 28 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 26 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 26 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 29 | |||
| 8 | Bristol City | 27 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 25 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 26 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 27 | 36 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 33 | |||
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 16 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 34 | ||||
| 17 | Exeter City | 26 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 25 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Clapton Orient | 25 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Walsall | 26 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |||