| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 24 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 23 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 22 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| 5 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 31 | ||||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 7 | Aldershot | 23 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Millwall | 23 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 9 | 21 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 23 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 11 | 23 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 12 | Barrow | 23 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | |||
| 13 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 14 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 15 | Wrexham | 23 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 17 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 18 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 23 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 32 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 31 | ||||
| 24 | Exeter City | 23 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 36 | |||