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