| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 37 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 33 | 68 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 21 | |||
| 3 | 34 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 33 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 34 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | ||||
| 6 | 37 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 38 | ||||
| 7 | Millwall | 36 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 39 | |||
| 8 | 34 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 34 | ||||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 10 | 35 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 32 | 50 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 13 | 34 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 33 | ||||
| 14 | Aldershot | 34 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 15 | Gillingham | 34 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 35 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 32 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 42 | |||
| 18 | Wrexham | 34 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 35 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 39 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 35 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 53 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 36 | |||
| 22 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 51 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 37 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 52 | |||