| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 26 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 25 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 22 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 25 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 25 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 7 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 24 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 9 | 25 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 26 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 25 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 25 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 25 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Colchester United | 25 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Bristol City | 25 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Ipswich Town | 25 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 19 | Gillingham | 25 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Walsall | 26 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 33 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 22 | Aldershot | 25 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 24 | Port Vale | 26 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 30 | |||