| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Gillingham | 20 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 3 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | ||||
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Exeter City | 20 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||
| 8 | Bradford City | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 9 | Aldershot | 20 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 10 | Lincoln City | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 11 | Chesterfield | 17 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 12 | Newport County | 19 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 21 | |||
| 13 | Oxford United | 20 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 14 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 21 | ||||
| 15 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Stockport County | 20 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 21 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| 22 | Barrow | 18 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | ||||