| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 42 | 75 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 37 | ||||
| 2 | Bradford City | 42 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 36 | |||
| 3 | 42 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | ||||
| 4 | Gillingham | 39 | 72 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Exeter City | 41 | 70 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 23 | |||
| 6 | 40 | 69 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 29 | ||||
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 65 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 28 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 42 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 48 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 41 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 40 | |||
| 11 | 43 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 41 | ||||
| 12 | Halifax Town | 42 | 58 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 44 | |||
| 13 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 54 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 48 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 41 | 53 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 37 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 41 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 46 | |||
| 16 | Stockport County | 42 | 52 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 47 | |||
| 17 | 42 | 51 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 52 | ||||
| 18 | Oxford United | 39 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 29 | |||
| 19 | 41 | 50 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 45 | ||||
| 20 | 41 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 56 | ||||
| 21 | 42 | 47 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 33 | ||||
| 22 | 41 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 38 | ||||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 42 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 52 | |||
| 24 | Barrow | 40 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 49 | |||