| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 17 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Newport County | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 16 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Bristol City | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Coventry City | 17 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Reading | 17 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 17 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Watford | 17 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Exeter City | 17 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 17 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Colchester United | 16 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||