| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 25 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 25 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 4 | 25 | 42 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Burnley | 24 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 26 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 27 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | 26 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Blackpool | 25 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 13 | 25 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 15 | Cardiff City | 25 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Maidstone United | 25 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 17 | Walsall | 25 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Carlisle United | 26 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Aldershot | 25 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 24 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 21 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 22 | Wrexham | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 23 | Halifax Town | 25 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | |||
| 24 | Chesterfield | 24 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 19 | |||