| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 16 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 17 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 3 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 18 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Port Vale | 16 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Norwich City | 17 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 17 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 17 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Millwall | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||