| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swansea Town | 26 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 27 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Reading | 24 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 27 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 9 | Notts. County | 26 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Port Vale | 25 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 25 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 26 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 24 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 25 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 17 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 32 | ||||
| 18 | Watford | 27 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Newport County | 25 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 47 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 25 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Southend United | 24 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 33 | |||