| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 21 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 22 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | Watford | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Millwall | 22 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Stockport County | 22 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 10 | Gillingham | 21 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 12 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Exeter City | 22 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | Aldershot | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 17 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | |||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Barrow | 20 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 29 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 36 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 27 | |||