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