| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 23 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 24 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 3 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | Norwich City | 24 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 25 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| 9 | Port Vale | 23 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 24 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Bristol City | 24 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 34 | |||
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 40 | |||
| 14 | Walsall | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 23 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 24 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 41 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 23 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Ipswich Town | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 31 | |||