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