| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 72 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 34 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 31 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 32 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 30 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | |||
| 5 | 32 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | ||||
| 6 | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 7 | 32 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 8 | 35 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 37 | ||||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 32 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 10 | Millwall | 34 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 37 | |||
| 11 | 33 | 49 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 12 | 32 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 13 | Stockport County | 29 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 32 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Gillingham | 30 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 30 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 18 | Barrow | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 19 | Wrexham | 31 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 33 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 50 | |||
| 21 | 34 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 48 | ||||
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 35 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 35 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 50 | |||