| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Colchester United | 28 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 2 | Wrexham | 26 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | |||
| 3 | Aldershot | 26 | 50 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Carlisle United | 26 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 27 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 29 | |||
| 7 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 8 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Mansfield Town | 25 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | |||
| 10 | 26 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 28 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | ||||
| 12 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | |||
| 13 | Barrow | 26 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 14 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | ||||
| 15 | 24 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 31 | ||||
| 16 | 29 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 45 | ||||
| 17 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 32 | ||||
| 18 | Exeter City | 29 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 19 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | ||||
| 20 | Bradford City | 25 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 37 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 38 | |||
| 22 | Chesterfield | 25 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | |||
| 23 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 34 | ||||