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