| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 18 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 19 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Aldershot | 20 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 10 | 19 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | Barrow | 18 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 19 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 18 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 16 | Oxford United | 20 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 18 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 19 | Bradford City | 19 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 20 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | Exeter City | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 22 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 24 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 38 | ||||