| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 32 | 67 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 32 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 29 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 34 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 56 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 28 | |||
| 6 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 33 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 32 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 41 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 32 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 10 | 35 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 41 | ||||
| 11 | 32 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Walsall | 31 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 31 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | ||||
| 14 | 33 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 35 | ||||
| 15 | Watford | 33 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 32 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 34 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 34 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 18 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 34 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 20 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 48 | ||||
| 21 | Oldham Athletic | 33 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 46 | |||
| 23 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 50 | ||||
| 24 | Barrow | 34 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 38 | |||