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