| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Gillingham | 15 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | ||||
| 3 | 16 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | Aldershot | 15 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Stockport County | 16 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 14 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 11 | Exeter City | 15 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | |||
| 14 | Newport County | 16 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 | |||
| 15 | Oxford United | 16 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 16 | Bradford City | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 17 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 16 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Tranmere Rovers | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | Barrow | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 23 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| 24 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||||