| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Gillingham | 26 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | ||||
| 3 | Exeter City | 26 | 43 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 4 | 25 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | ||||
| 5 | 26 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | Aldershot | 26 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 30 | |||
| 7 | Oxford United | 26 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 8 | Lincoln City | 26 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 27 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 10 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Newport County | 25 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 12 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 14 | Bradford City | 24 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 15 | Stockport County | 25 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |||
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 36 | ||||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 25 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 20 | Chesterfield | 23 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 21 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | ||||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 24 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | ||||
| 24 | Barrow | 23 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 29 | |||