| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Bristol City | 20 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | |||
| 4 | Norwich City | 20 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 5 | Southampton | 20 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 20 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 9 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | Aldershot | 20 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Watford | 20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Brentford | 20 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Reading | 20 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 18 | Swindon Town | 20 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Newport County | 20 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 20 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 32 | |||
| 23 | Colchester United | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Walsall | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||