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