| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Bristol City | 23 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Southampton | 22 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 22 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 22 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Norwich City | 22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 23 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | 22 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | ||||
| 11 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 22 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 22 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | Watford | 22 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Reading | 22 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Swindon Town | 23 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 22 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Newport County | 22 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 22 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Walsall | 22 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Colchester United | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | |||