| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 25 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Northampton Town | 24 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 3 | Peterborough United | 25 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | |||
| 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 | 25 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 25 | ||||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 25 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Millwall | 25 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 29 | |||
| 10 | Stockport County | 23 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 26 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Gillingham | 23 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 25 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| 16 | Barrow | 25 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 23 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 24 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 25 | |||
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 34 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 35 | ||||
| 24 | Exeter City | 25 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 36 | |||