| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 41 | 83 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 42 | 79 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 32 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 40 | 71 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 31 | |||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 41 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 34 | |||
| 5 | 41 | 70 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 35 | ||||
| 6 | Walsall | 42 | 69 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 33 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 42 | 67 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 66 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 42 | 66 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 49 | |||
| 10 | 43 | 66 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | Gillingham | 41 | 63 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 41 | |||
| 12 | 42 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 48 | ||||
| 13 | Watford | 42 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 42 | |||
| 14 | 43 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 47 | ||||
| 15 | 41 | 53 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | 42 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 53 | ||||
| 17 | 42 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 45 | ||||
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 43 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 50 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 42 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 46 | |||
| 21 | 43 | 44 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 46 | ||||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 48 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 42 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 56 | |||
| 24 | 42 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 57 | ||||