| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 20 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | ||||
| 6 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Norwich City | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Coventry City | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 20 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Brentford | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Colchester United | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Southampton | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 20 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Watford | 20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Millwall | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 20 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Reading | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Swindon Town | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 35 | |||