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