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