| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Swansea Town | 19 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 21 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 21 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 21 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 18 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 20 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 26 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Bristol City | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Walsall | 18 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Port Vale | 18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Northampton Town | 19 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 19 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Newport County | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 35 | |||