| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 23 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Exeter City | 21 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Port Vale | 23 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 23 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 23 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Walsall | 22 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Watford | 23 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 21 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 22 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 26 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 14 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 23 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | Barrow | 23 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 36 | ||||
| 24 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 32 | ||||