| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 41 | 89 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 79 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 40 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 42 | 78 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 32 | |||
| 4 | 41 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 50 | ||||
| 5 | 42 | 69 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 37 | ||||
| 6 | Millwall | 43 | 68 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 47 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 8 | 44 | 67 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 46 | ||||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 43 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 10 | Stockport County | 41 | 61 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 39 | |||
| 11 | 42 | 60 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | 43 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 38 | ||||
| 13 | 42 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 40 | ||||
| 14 | Aldershot | 42 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 43 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 44 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 34 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 41 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 41 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 49 | |||
| 19 | 44 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 40 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 43 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 58 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 41 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 40 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 41 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 43 | |||
| 23 | 44 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 65 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 61 | |||