| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 23 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 21 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Gillingham | 22 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 23 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 27 | |||
| 12 | Oxford United | 24 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 24 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 22 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 15 | Aldershot | 24 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 16 | Barrow | 22 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 23 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 18 | Stockport County | 24 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 20 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 44 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 23 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 22 | Exeter City | 23 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |||
| 23 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | |||