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