| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 22 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 22 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Watford | 22 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Notts. County | 23 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 23 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | Stockport County | 23 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 23 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Gillingham | 22 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 23 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 13 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 34 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 21 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 21 | Barrow | 21 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 22 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 36 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 33 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 29 | |||