| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Oldham Athletic | 18 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Mansfield Town | 17 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 3 | Brentford | 16 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |||
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Gillingham | 17 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 18 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 9 | Aldershot | 19 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 18 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| 13 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 14 | Oxford United | 19 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 18 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 18 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Barrow | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Newport County | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 24 | |||
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 17 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 20 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| 21 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 36 | ||||
| 23 | Exeter City | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 26 | |||