| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 30 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 27 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 28 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Carlisle United | 29 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Aldershot | 27 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 30 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 32 | |||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 30 | |||
| 7 | 28 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 8 | 28 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 34 | ||||
| 9 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 31 | ||||
| 10 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | |||
| 11 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 12 | 28 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Barrow | 28 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | |||
| 15 | 26 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 34 | ||||
| 16 | 31 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 45 | ||||
| 17 | Exeter City | 32 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 35 | |||
| 18 | 30 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 34 | ||||
| 19 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 29 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 27 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 41 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 29 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 27 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 23 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 35 | ||||