| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 36 | 85 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 18 | |||
| 2 | Preston North End | 34 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | |||
| 3 | Southend United | 36 | 65 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Peterborough United | 36 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 37 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 37 | 54 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 7 | Aldershot | 36 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 8 | Swansea City | 34 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Orient | 37 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Cambridge United | 37 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | |||
| 11 | Exeter City | 35 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 24 | |||
| 12 | 34 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 26 | ||||
| 13 | Scunthorpe United | 35 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 14 | 36 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | ||||
| 15 | Cardiff City | 34 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 35 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 35 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | |||
| 18 | 35 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 28 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 36 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 34 | |||
| 20 | Burnley | 35 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 32 | |||
| 21 | 35 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 32 | ||||
| 23 | 34 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 34 | ||||
| 24 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 29 | ||||