| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Northampton Town | 27 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 2 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | 28 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | Burnley | 25 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 44 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 6 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | Peterborough United | 27 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 29 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 10 | Blackpool | 27 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 11 | Walsall | 28 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 27 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | 27 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | |||
| 15 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Cardiff City | 26 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 17 | Carlisle United | 29 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 34 | |||
| 18 | 25 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 25 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 25 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 21 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 22 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 25 | ||||
| 24 | Halifax Town | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | |||