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