| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 18 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 18 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 4 | Stockport County | 18 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | |||
| 5 | 18 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 6 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 8 | Wrexham | 18 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 11 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Millwall | 18 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | |||
| 13 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Gillingham | 17 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Barrow | 17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 21 | Exeter City | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | |||