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