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