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