| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 31 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 33 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 28 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 30 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 27 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 18 | |||
| 5 | 29 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | ||||
| 6 | 30 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 27 | ||||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 9 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | 32 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | ||||
| 11 | Millwall | 31 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 37 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 13 | Gillingham | 27 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Stockport County | 26 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 29 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 16 | Barrow | 31 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 30 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Exeter City | 30 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 40 | |||
| 20 | 31 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 32 | ||||
| 21 | Accrington Stanley | 27 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 34 | |||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 31 | |||
| 23 | 31 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 47 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 45 | |||