| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 29 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | |||
| 2 | 30 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 31 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 29 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 30 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Norwich City | 30 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 7 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 29 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 30 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 30 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 30 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 28 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 15 | Bristol City | 29 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 30 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 28 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 53 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 30 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 28 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 44 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 29 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 39 | |||