| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 25 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 26 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 26 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Southend United | 26 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 25 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Bristol City | 26 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 26 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 26 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 25 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 25 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 25 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 36 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Port Vale | 24 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Watford | 26 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 46 | ||||
| 23 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 29 | |||