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