| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Carlisle United | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | |||
| 2 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | 22 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Exeter City | 23 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 23 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 28 | |||
| 7 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| 8 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 9 | Oxford United | 23 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 23 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Bradford City | 22 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 13 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Newport County | 22 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 27 | ||||
| 16 | Halifax Town | 23 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |||
| 17 | Chesterfield | 20 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | ||||
| 19 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 20 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | ||||
| 21 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 22 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Barrow | 21 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |||