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