| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swansea Town | 40 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Reading | 40 | 76 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 32 | |||
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 40 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 40 | 66 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Swindon Town | 40 | 65 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 36 | |||
| 6 | Notts. County | 40 | 61 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 46 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 40 | 61 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 40 | 60 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 41 | |||
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 40 | 59 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Norwich City | 40 | 58 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 37 | |||
| 11 | 40 | 58 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 44 | ||||
| 12 | Port Vale | 40 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 39 | 51 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 50 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 40 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 36 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 39 | 47 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 55 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 40 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 40 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 40 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 49 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 40 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 40 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 21 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 28 | ||||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 40 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 49 | |||