| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 44 | 90 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 79 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 32 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 44 | 87 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 41 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 44 | 82 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 33 | |||
| 4 | 43 | 79 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 50 | ||||
| 5 | 44 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 39 | ||||
| 6 | Millwall | 44 | 71 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 56 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 47 | |||
| 7 | 45 | 70 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 46 | ||||
| 8 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 43 | 63 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 40 | |||
| 10 | 44 | 61 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 46 | ||||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 44 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 45 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 47 | |||
| 13 | Aldershot | 44 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 49 | |||
| 14 | 44 | 59 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 40 | ||||
| 15 | 44 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 45 | ||||
| 16 | Wrexham | 45 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 43 | 56 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 43 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 49 | |||
| 19 | 45 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 42 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 44 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 59 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 43 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 42 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 43 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 43 | |||
| 23 | 45 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 65 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 44 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 63 | |||