| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 26 | 67 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Swansea City | 27 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | |||
| 3 | Preston North End | 25 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 5 | Wrexham | 24 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | |||
| 6 | Colchester United | 28 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 29 | |||
| 7 | Exeter City | 27 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 8 | 26 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| 9 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 24 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Lincoln City | 25 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |||
| 12 | Cambridge United | 26 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Peterborough United | 27 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 24 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 24 | |||
| 17 | Cardiff City | 23 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Orient | 24 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 26 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 21 | Burnley | 26 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 22 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | ||||
| 23 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 28 | ||||
| 24 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | ||||