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