| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 36 | 77 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 69 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 39 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 36 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 25 | |||
| 4 | 38 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 5 | 36 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 44 | ||||
| 6 | Millwall | 38 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 40 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 37 | 59 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 8 | 39 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 40 | ||||
| 9 | 37 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 40 | ||||
| 10 | 38 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 35 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 39 | |||
| 13 | 36 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 37 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 37 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 36 | 49 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 39 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 37 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 36 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 35 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 45 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 38 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 55 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Barrow | 37 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 40 | |||
| 22 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 37 | ||||
| 23 | 40 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 61 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 39 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 53 | |||