| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 35 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 34 | |||
| 2 | Peterborough United | 32 | 67 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 33 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 42 | ||||
| 4 | Northampton Town | 32 | 58 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 33 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | ||||
| 6 | 33 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 7 | 34 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 30 | ||||
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 35 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 9 | 36 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 38 | ||||
| 10 | Millwall | 35 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 39 | |||
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 33 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Stockport County | 31 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 32 | |||
| 13 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | |||
| 15 | Aldershot | 33 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 37 | |||
| 16 | Gillingham | 33 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 33 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Exeter City | 34 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 50 | |||
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 31 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 42 | |||
| 20 | Barrow | 34 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 39 | |||
| 21 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 36 | ||||
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 32 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 35 | |||
| 23 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 51 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 36 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 50 | |||