| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 24 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 24 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 24 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | ||||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 25 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 21 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 24 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Walsall | 23 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 22 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 24 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 10 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 11 | Watford | 24 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 13 | Northampton Town | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 32 | ||||
| 16 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 24 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 18 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Barrow | 24 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 24 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Gateshead | 24 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 32 | |||
| 24 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 42 | ||||