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