| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Carlisle United | 28 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | |||
| 3 | Exeter City | 29 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 28 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 5 | 28 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 6 | 28 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 28 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 8 | Oxford United | 28 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 28 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | |||
| 10 | Bradford City | 27 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | |||
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 12 | 29 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 29 | ||||
| 13 | 29 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 31 | ||||
| 14 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | ||||
| 15 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | Newport County | 27 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 17 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 32 | ||||
| 18 | Chesterfield | 26 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | |||
| 19 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 33 | ||||
| 20 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 37 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 27 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 22 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | Barrow | 26 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 29 | |||
| 24 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 34 | |||