| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 21 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 22 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 22 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 23 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 23 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 8 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | Port Vale | 21 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 22 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 22 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 15 | Millwall | 22 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 21 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | |||