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