| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 33 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 35 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 36 | 67 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 38 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 37 | 59 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 57 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Watford | 33 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 35 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | |||
| 8 | Stockport County | 37 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 38 | |||
| 9 | Gillingham | 34 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 37 | |||
| 10 | 35 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Aldershot | 37 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 48 | |||
| 12 | Northampton Town | 33 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 34 | |||
| 13 | 36 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 32 | ||||
| 14 | 34 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 38 | ||||
| 15 | 37 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 34 | ||||
| 16 | 35 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 35 | ||||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 35 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 46 | |||
| 18 | 35 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 35 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 20 | Barrow | 34 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 47 | |||
| 21 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 44 | ||||
| 22 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 46 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 36 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 57 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 45 | |||