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