| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Walsall | 19 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 19 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Notts. County | 20 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 20 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 20 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Watford | 19 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Exeter City | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 15 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 16 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 17 | Aldershot | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 33 | |||
| 18 | Northampton Town | 18 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | Gateshead | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 21 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 29 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 18 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 30 | |||
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | |||