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