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