| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 21 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 13 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | Swansea City | 22 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 20 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Preston North End | 21 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 22 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 22 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Colchester United | 22 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 9 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 22 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Cardiff City | 20 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 21 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Burnley | 22 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Peterborough United | 21 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Orient | 21 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 22 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | |||
| 21 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 22 | Stockport County | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | |||
| 23 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | ||||