| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Swindon Town | 33 | 53 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 3 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 4 | Reading | 30 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Newport County | 30 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Southampton | 32 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 7 | Port Vale | 30 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 16 | |||
| 8 | Norwich City | 30 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 35 | |||
| 9 | Brentford | 29 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 10 | Colchester United | 31 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 31 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | |||
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 37 | |||
| 13 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 30 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 14 | 29 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | ||||
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 31 | |||
| 16 | Watford | 30 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Millwall | 31 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 29 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 30 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 20 | Coventry City | 28 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Walsall | 29 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 31 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 43 | |||
| 23 | Gillingham | 28 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 35 | |||
| 24 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 28 | ||||