| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 26 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 26 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 27 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 26 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 27 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 27 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Southend United | 24 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 25 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 26 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 46 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | Walsall | 26 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Millwall | 26 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 26 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 42 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 26 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 25 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 35 | |||