| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 88 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Reading | 42 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 35 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 41 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 78 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 37 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 41 | 71 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 41 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 47 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 41 | 65 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 27 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 41 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 57 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 9 | Colchester United | 41 | 58 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 10 | 41 | 55 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 48 | ||||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 42 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 41 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 13 | Bristol City | 40 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 41 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 44 | |||
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 42 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 59 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 54 | ||||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 40 | 49 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 42 | |||
| 19 | Port Vale | 41 | 48 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 44 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 42 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 38 | |||
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 52 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 42 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 42 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 53 | |||
| 24 | Gillingham | 42 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 45 | |||