| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 17 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 17 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Swindon Town | 17 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 17 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 17 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Colchester United | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Exeter City | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Port Vale | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |||