| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 40 | 86 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 40 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 41 | 78 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 30 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 48 | ||||
| 5 | 41 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 35 | ||||
| 6 | Millwall | 42 | 65 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 45 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 41 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 8 | 43 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 43 | ||||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 42 | |||
| 10 | 41 | 60 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 41 | ||||
| 11 | 42 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 38 | ||||
| 12 | Stockport County | 40 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 39 | |||
| 13 | 41 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 40 | ||||
| 14 | Aldershot | 41 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 44 | |||
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 41 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 43 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 40 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 43 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 40 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 46 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 42 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 58 | |||
| 20 | 43 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 40 | ||||
| 21 | Barrow | 40 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 40 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 40 | |||
| 23 | 44 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 65 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 61 | |||