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