| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Coventry City | 26 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 25 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 23 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | Millwall | 26 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 43 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 27 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Walsall | 25 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | |||
| 9 | Carlisle United | 24 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 31 | |||
| 13 | Watford | 26 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | ||||
| 15 | 27 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 33 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 26 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 19 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Barrow | 27 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 35 | |||
| 23 | Gateshead | 26 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 41 | |||
| 24 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 43 | ||||