| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 16 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 17 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| 5 | Millwall | 16 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 6 | Stockport County | 17 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Watford | 16 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Gillingham | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 9 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 27 | |||
| 14 | Northampton Town | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 18 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | ||||
| 19 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |||
| 22 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| 23 | Barrow | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||