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