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