| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 34 | 63 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | |||
| 2 | Brentford | 31 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 33 | 51 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | ||||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 27 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | |||
| 5 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 6 | Gillingham | 28 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | |||
| 7 | 29 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | Aldershot | 31 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 26 | |||
| 9 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 39 | ||||
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 11 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | Stockport County | 32 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Barrow | 29 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 42 | |||
| 14 | 30 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 28 | ||||
| 15 | Exeter City | 31 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 32 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 31 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 40 | |||
| 17 | Doncaster Rovers | 30 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 35 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 28 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 29 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 20 | Oxford United | 29 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 21 | 30 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 62 | ||||
| 22 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | Bradford City | 29 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 41 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 28 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 38 | |||