| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 20 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 20 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Norwich City | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Reading | 20 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Newport County | 19 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Swindon Town | 20 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | |||
| 12 | Gillingham | 20 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 20 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 16 | Walsall | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Bristol City | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 20 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 26 | |||
| 23 | Port Vale | 21 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Exeter City | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||