| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 16 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Norwich City | 16 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Coventry City | 16 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 16 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 16 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 24 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 12 | Watford | 16 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Swindon Town | 16 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 14 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Brentford | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Newport County | 16 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Colchester United | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 21 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Reading | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||