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