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