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