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