| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 15 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 16 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | ||||
| 5 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | Wrexham | 16 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 7 | Aldershot | 16 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 8 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 13 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | Millwall | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | Barrow | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Carlisle United | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |||
| 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||