| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 30 | 64 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 22 | |||
| 2 | 31 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| 3 | Nottingham Forest | 32 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 30 | 50 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 31 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 6 | Norwich City | 31 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 32 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Port Vale | 30 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 31 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 31 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 31 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Bristol City | 30 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 31 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 31 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Millwall | 29 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Newport County | 29 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 53 | |||
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 31 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 30 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Leyton Orient | 31 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 46 | |||