| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1nonMover | Northampton Town | 41 | 91 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 25 | ||
| 2nonMover | Preston North End | 41 | 79 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 26 | ||
| 3nonMover | Southend United | 41 | 71 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 22 | ||
| 4nonMover | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 70 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 24 | ||
| 5nonMover | Colchester United | 41 | 63 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 35 | ||
| 6nonMover | Orient | 42 | 63 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 33 | ||
| 7nonMover | Peterborough United | 42 | 60 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 28 | ||
| 8nonMover | Aldershot | 41 | 60 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 34 | ||
| 9nonMover | Swansea City | 40 | 59 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 31 | ||
| 10nonMover | Wrexham | 40 | 56 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 27 | ||
| 11nonMover | Cambridge United | 41 | 56 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34 | ||
| 12nonMover | Exeter City | 42 | 55 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 29 | ||
| 13nonMover | Scunthorpe United | 41 | 53 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 29 | ||
| 14nonMover | Cardiff City | 40 | 51 | -6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | ||
| 15nonMover | Halifax Town | 42 | 51 | -13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 36 | ||
| 16nonMover | Crewe Alexandra | 42 | 49 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 33 | ||
| 17nonMover | Hereford United | 41 | 46 | -1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 31 | ||
| 18nonMover | Hartlepool United | 41 | 46 | -16 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 27 | ||
| 19nonMover | Stockport County | 40 | 46 | -26 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 40 | ||
| 20nonMover | Tranmere Rovers | 41 | 45 | -15 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 31 | ||
| 21nonMover | Lincoln City | 42 | 45 | -16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 33 | ||
| 22nonMover | Burnley | 41 | 43 | -20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 35 | ||
| 23nonMover | Torquay United | 41 | 41 | -16 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 38 | ||
| 24nonMover | Rochdale | 40 | 38 | -23 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 39 | ||