| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 20 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Preston North End | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Colchester United | 20 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Wrexham | 18 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 20 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Cardiff City | 19 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 20 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 13 | Cambridge United | 20 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Peterborough United | 19 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 16 | Orient | 19 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Burnley | 20 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | ||||
| 23 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 19 | ||||