| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 25 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 25 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 25 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | ||||
| 4 | Exeter City | 22 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 26 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 25 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Walsall | 24 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 23 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Northampton Town | 24 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 12 | 24 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | Watford | 25 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 33 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 18 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 25 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Barrow | 26 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 35 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 26 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 23 | Gateshead | 25 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 24 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 42 | ||||