| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | Coventry City | 15 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Gillingham | 15 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Port Vale | 15 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 15 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 14 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Walsall | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Barrow | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Watford | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 15 | Hartlepools United | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | |||
| 16 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 18 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Aldershot | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |||