| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 19 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 19 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Bristol City | 19 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Reading | 19 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 19 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Newport County | 19 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 19 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 19 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 18 | Colchester United | 17 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Swindon Town | 19 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 23 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | Walsall | 19 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |||