| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 16 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | Coventry City | 16 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 16 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 16 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Gillingham | 16 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Exeter City | 14 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 16 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Northampton Town | 15 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 10 | Watford | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 11 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 15 | Barrow | 16 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Aldershot | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | ||||