| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 16 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 16 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Bristol City | 16 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Newport County | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | Watford | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 12 | Millwall | 15 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 15 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Colchester United | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 20 | Swindon Town | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 21 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 24 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||