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