| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 31 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 29 | |||
| 3 | Bristol City | 32 | 58 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 31 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 31 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | |||
| 6 | Coventry City | 32 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Watford | 32 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 8 | 32 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 43 | ||||
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 31 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 11 | Gillingham | 32 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Reading | 31 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 31 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 33 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 38 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 31 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | |||
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 32 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Colchester United | 29 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 32 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 45 | ||||
| 19 | Newport County | 32 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 41 | |||
| 23 | Swindon Town | 31 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 33 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 50 | |||