| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 11 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Millwall | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 11 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Coventry City | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Port Vale | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | ||||
| 10 | Walsall | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 12 | Exeter City | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 13 | Hartlepools United | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 15 | Barrow | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| 16 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 17 | Watford | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |||
| 18 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 20 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 23 | Aldershot | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 24 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 17 | ||||