Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Southampton 25 51   10 3 0 29 8   5 3 4 16 14
2 26 47   10 3 0 37 14   3 5 5 8 26
3 Colchester United 27 46   10 4 0 38 14   3 3 7 18 22
4 Ipswich Town 26 40   10 2 1 40 9   2 2 9 15 26
5 Shrewsbury Town 25 39   7 5 0 25 7   2 7 4 13 27
6 Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. 26 38   8 5 0 34 12   2 3 8 14 21
7 Reading 25 38   8 2 2 23 13   3 3 7 22 28
8 Newport County 23 37   8 4 0 23 7   1 6 4 10 12
9 Northampton Town 27 37   9 4 1 31 12   1 3 9 12 26
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 37   8 3 2 30 16   2 4 8 18 28
11 Watford 26 37   7 2 4 26 20   4 2 7 17 23
12 Brentford 26 35   6 5 2 31 22   3 3 7 13 20
13 Queens Park Rangers 26 35   8 4 1 24 10   1 4 8 8 24
14 27 33   6 4 3 21 16   2 5 7 17 33
15 Millwall 25 33   6 4 2 21 17   3 2 8 14 36
16 Walsall 27 31   5 6 2 25 13   2 4 8 15 27
17 Southend United 26 31   7 3 4 23 14   1 4 7 18 30
18 Aldershot 26 30   6 3 4 26 26   2 3 8 21 33
19 Crystal Palace 25 29   4 6 4 19 19   2 5 4 18 23
20 Exeter City 26 29   5 4 4 21 15   2 4 7 13 26
21 Coventry City 25 28   6 3 3 22 14   1 4 8 12 33
22 Plymouth Argyle 25 27   4 5 3 18 16   3 1 9 13 26
23 26 27   5 1 6 23 24   3 2 9 19 40
24 Norwich City 27 26   5 4 5 20 19   0 7 6 13 26