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