| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 19 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 19 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 18 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||||
| 4 | Wrexham | 17 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |||
| 6 | Preston North End | 18 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 19 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 19 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 10 | Cardiff City | 18 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Peterborough United | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 14 | Aldershot | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Orient | 18 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 17 | Cambridge United | 19 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 18 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| 19 | Burnley | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 20 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 19 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 22 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 23 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | Stockport County | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 19 | |||