| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Port Vale | 33 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Coventry City | 33 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 31 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 26 | |||
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 35 | 59 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 30 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 35 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 33 | |||
| 6 | 33 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 33 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 41 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 33 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 33 | |||
| 10 | 32 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | 36 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | Walsall | 32 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 28 | |||
| 13 | 33 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | 34 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 35 | ||||
| 15 | Watford | 34 | 44 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 33 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 34 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 35 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 38 | |||
| 18 | 34 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | ||||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 35 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 20 | 33 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 48 | ||||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 36 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 46 | |||
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 43 | |||
| 23 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 50 | ||||
| 24 | Barrow | 35 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 42 | |||