| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 19 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 19 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 18 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | 19 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 6 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Aldershot | 19 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 19 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Wrexham | 19 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 11 | Millwall | 19 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Gillingham | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Barrow | 18 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 16 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | ||||
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 19 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 20 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 19 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | |||