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