| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 18 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 24 | ||||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Leyton Orient | 17 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 7 | Norwich City | 18 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 9 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Brentford | 18 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 12 | Colchester United | 18 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | |||
| 13 | Coventry City | 18 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Southampton | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Exeter City | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 18 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Walsall | 18 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Watford | 18 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Millwall | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Reading | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 23 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Swindon Town | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 31 | |||