| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 17 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 18 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 18 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | |||
| 6 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Watford | 17 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 13 | Exeter City | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | Aldershot | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 19 | Gateshead | 18 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepools United | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 21 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 22 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Barrow | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25 | |||