| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Exeter City | 18 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Port Vale | 19 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | Coventry City | 19 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 19 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Walsall | 19 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 7 | Watford | 19 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||
| 8 | Northampton Town | 18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Carlisle United | 17 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | |||
| 14 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Barrow | 19 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Aldershot | 19 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 28 | ||||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 24 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 26 | ||||