| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 31 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | |||
| 2 | 30 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 34 | ||||
| 3 | Southampton | 28 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 30 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 5 | Reading | 29 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Northampton Town | 31 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 8 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 29 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 11 | Walsall | 31 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Watford | 29 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 13 | Brentford | 29 | 39 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Millwall | 28 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 39 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 26 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 30 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Gillingham | 31 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 36 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 30 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 29 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Swindon Town | 30 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 44 | |||
| 23 | Coventry City | 29 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 24 | Norwich City | 31 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 35 | |||