| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 24 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 25 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 23 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 4 | 24 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 32 | ||||
| 5 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 30 | ||||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 7 | 24 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 8 | Aldershot | 24 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | Millwall | 24 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | 23 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Barrow | 24 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 15 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 30 | ||||
| 16 | Wrexham | 24 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 17 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Carlisle United | 24 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 24 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 24 | Exeter City | 24 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 36 | |||