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 Southend United 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 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