| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 18 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 18 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 19 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Millwall | 19 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 8 | |||
| 5 | Carlisle United | 19 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Watford | 18 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 8 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | 18 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 12 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 13 | Aldershot | 19 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 19 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 17 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | Gateshead | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 30 | |||
| 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | |||