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