| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 30 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 29 | 58 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 27 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 32 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 32 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 28 | |||
| 6 | 30 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 35 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 30 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 38 | |||
| 9 | 31 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 30 | ||||
| 10 | Walsall | 29 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | |||
| 11 | 33 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 39 | ||||
| 12 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 13 | Watford | 31 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 14 | 30 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Carlisle United | 27 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 16 | 29 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | ||||
| 17 | 30 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 18 | Aldershot | 32 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Gateshead | 30 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 45 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 43 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 32 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 23 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 44 | ||||
| 24 | Barrow | 32 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 36 | |||