Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Notts. County 27 58   11 2 1 39 8   7 2 4 23 17
2 27 53   11 4 0 32 13   5 1 6 16 23
3 Nottingham Forest 28 47   8 0 6 24 11   6 5 3 23 15
4 Northampton Town 27 47   8 3 3 25 13   6 2 5 22 20
5 Norwich City 27 45   8 2 4 32 14   5 4 4 15 20
6 Port Vale 26 43   9 4 0 23 5   3 3 7 9 13
7 Reading 28 43   11 0 2 33 15   2 4 9 18 32
8 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 28 43   8 3 3 26 12   4 4 6 14 24
9 25 41   11 2 1 30 9   0 6 5 7 16
10 Watford 27 39   7 3 2 19 8   3 6 6 11 16
11 Crystal Palace 28 38   8 2 3 21 15   2 6 7 11 21
12 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 37   4 6 4 22 19   6 1 7 20 30
13 Bristol Rovers 26 34   6 4 3 17 13   4 0 9 9 20
14 Swindon Town 27 31   6 5 3 30 19   2 2 9 9 23
15 Newport County 26 31   9 2 2 36 21   0 2 11 12 46
16 Walsall 27 30   6 5 3 25 14   1 4 8 15 21
17 Bristol City 27 30   7 3 4 23 13   1 3 9 17 35
18 Millwall 26 29   7 1 6 26 20   2 1 9 9 22
19 Leyton Orient 27 29   7 4 1 21 10   0 4 11 15 44
20 Aldershot 27 26   6 3 5 17 13   1 2 10 8 32
21 Ipswich Town 27 25   5 4 4 24 24   1 3 10 10 35
22 Exeter City 26 23   3 4 4 19 20   3 1 11 16 39