| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 17 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 5 | Reading | 19 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 18 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Norwich City | 18 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | Port Vale | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 18 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 17 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 18 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 17 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||