| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Peterborough United | 38 | 83 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Crystal Palace | 41 | 81 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 39 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 39 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 30 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 35 | ||||
| 5 | 38 | 66 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 47 | ||||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 40 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 7 | Millwall | 41 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 45 | |||
| 8 | 42 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 43 | ||||
| 9 | Oldham Athletic | 41 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 42 | |||
| 10 | 40 | 57 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 41 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 38 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 35 | |||
| 12 | 39 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 40 | ||||
| 13 | 41 | 55 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 38 | ||||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 42 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 40 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 44 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 38 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 41 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 18 | Accrington Stanley | 38 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 46 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 40 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 42 | |||
| 20 | Exeter City | 41 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 58 | |||
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 40 | |||
| 22 | 41 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 40 | ||||
| 23 | 43 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 65 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 57 | |||