| 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 | 39 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 39 | |||
| 3 | 39 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 36 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 25 | |||
| 5 | 36 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 44 | ||||
| 6 | Millwall | 39 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 40 | |||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 38 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 8 | 40 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 40 | ||||
| 9 | Stockport County | 36 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 39 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 39 | |||
| 11 | 38 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 40 | ||||
| 12 | 39 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 36 | ||||
| 13 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 40 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 39 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 38 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 41 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 38 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Gillingham | 37 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 18 | Barrow | 38 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 42 | |||
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 36 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 46 | |||
| 20 | 40 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 37 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 38 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 55 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 37 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 40 | |||
| 23 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 64 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 40 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 57 | |||