| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 26 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 25 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 30 | ||||
| 5 | 25 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 36 | ||||
| 6 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 7 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 26 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | Millwall | 26 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 13 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 26 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 16 | Barrow | 26 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 18 | 24 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 32 | ||||
| 19 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 30 | ||||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 38 | |||
| 22 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 35 | ||||
| 23 | Exeter City | 26 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Carlisle United | 27 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 32 | |||