| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 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 | 21 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 22 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 22 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 22 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Reading | 22 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Exeter City | 21 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 22 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 23 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 21 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 22 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Swindon Town | 22 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 22 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 18 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | Walsall | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 37 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 23 | Watford | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Gillingham | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 41 | |||