| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 20 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 19 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Gillingham | 20 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 8 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 9 | Lincoln City | 21 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 22 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Barrow | 20 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 20 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 14 | Oxford United | 22 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 16 | Stockport County | 22 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 39 | ||||
| 19 | Chesterfield | 21 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 21 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 21 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | ||||