| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Brentford | 25 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 27 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | ||||
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | |||
| 5 | Gillingham | 25 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 24 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 25 | |||
| 8 | 25 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 29 | ||||
| 9 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 10 | Stockport County | 28 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Aldershot | 26 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Barrow | 25 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 37 | |||
| 13 | Lincoln City | 26 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | |||
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 27 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 25 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 25 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 34 | |||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 25 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |||
| 19 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 27 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 29 | |||
| 21 | Bradford City | 24 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 22 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 60 | ||||
| 23 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 33 | |||