| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 32 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 33 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 29 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 31 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 31 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 27 | ||||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 32 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 7 | 30 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 8 | 30 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 31 | ||||
| 9 | 33 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | ||||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 32 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 37 | |||
| 12 | 30 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Gillingham | 28 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Stockport County | 27 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 30 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 31 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Barrow | 32 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 29 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 19 | 32 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 31 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 29 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 23 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 47 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 33 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 45 | |||