| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 37 | 76 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 52 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 36 | 71 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 35 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 4 | 37 | 65 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 26 | ||||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 37 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 31 | |||
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 61 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 37 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 38 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 35 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 36 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 46 | |||
| 9 | 37 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | Gillingham | 36 | 53 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 36 | |||
| 11 | 37 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 39 | ||||
| 12 | 37 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | Walsall | 35 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 33 | |||
| 14 | 39 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 42 | ||||
| 15 | 36 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 39 | ||||
| 16 | Watford | 38 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Hartlepools United | 38 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 37 | |||
| 18 | 36 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 48 | ||||
| 19 | Aldershot | 38 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 41 | |||
| 20 | 38 | 41 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 41 | ||||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 39 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 47 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 45 | |||
| 23 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 51 | ||||
| 24 | Barrow | 38 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 46 | |||