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