| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 19 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Norwich City | 19 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Southampton | 19 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 19 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 8 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 19 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Aldershot | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | Watford | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 19 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Reading | 19 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Newport County | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 19 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||