| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 45 | 87 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 45 | 84 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 34 | |||
| 3 | 45 | 78 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 35 | ||||
| 4 | Exeter City | 44 | 77 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | 76 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 38 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 45 | 72 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 44 | |||
| 7 | Walsall | 45 | 70 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 45 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 41 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 45 | 69 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 47 | |||
| 10 | Northampton Town | 45 | 69 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 53 | |||
| 11 | 45 | 69 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 33 | ||||
| 12 | Watford | 45 | 58 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 43 | |||
| 13 | 45 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 48 | ||||
| 14 | 45 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 45 | ||||
| 15 | 45 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 51 | ||||
| 16 | 45 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 54 | ||||
| 17 | 45 | 55 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 52 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 50 | |||
| 19 | 46 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 46 | ||||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 45 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 47 | |||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 55 | |||
| 22 | Aldershot | 45 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 47 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 45 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 57 | |||
| 24 | 45 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 61 | ||||