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