| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 28 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 27 | ||||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 29 | 46 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 28 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 8 | 27 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 29 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 29 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 36 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 29 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 27 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Bristol City | 28 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 29 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 27 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 46 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 27 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 44 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 29 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 28 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 39 | |||