| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 43 | 84 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 33 | ||||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 42 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 43 | 83 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 35 | |||
| 4 | 43 | 76 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 31 | ||||
| 5 | 43 | 75 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 39 | ||||
| 6 | Oxford United | 42 | 74 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 28 | |||
| 7 | 43 | 72 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 54 | ||||
| 8 | Millwall | 41 | 72 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 9 | 41 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 10 | Chesterfield | 43 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 42 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 44 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 64 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 44 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 41 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 54 | |||
| 14 | 42 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 53 | ||||
| 15 | Hartlepools United | 43 | 54 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 52 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 43 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 51 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 43 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 57 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 41 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 49 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 43 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 60 | |||
| 20 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 42 | ||||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 42 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 58 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 43 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 52 | |||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 43 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 58 | |||
| 24 | Stockport County | 43 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 50 | |||