| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Mansfield Town | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 14 | |||
| 2 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 17 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Gillingham | 19 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 6 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 20 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | Newport County | 19 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 21 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 12 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 13 | Barrow | 19 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 20 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Oxford United | 21 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | |||
| 17 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 18 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Bradford City | 20 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 20 | Stockport County | 20 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 28 | |||
| 22 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 38 | ||||
| 23 | Exeter City | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | ||||