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