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