| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 20 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 21 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | |||
| 3 | Coventry City | 21 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | Millwall | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 21 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Northampton Town | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 24 | |||
| 8 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 9 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Carlisle United | 19 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | |||
| 11 | Watford | 21 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 21 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | ||||
| 17 | Barrow | 21 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | ||||
| 21 | Aldershot | 21 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | |||
| 23 | Gateshead | 21 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 30 | |||