| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 27 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 28 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 27 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 28 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Port Vale | 27 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Southend United | 26 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 28 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 28 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 28 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 36 | |||
| 13 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 26 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 46 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 28 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Bristol City | 27 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 26 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 28 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 44 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 35 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 28 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 27 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 39 | |||