| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 44 | 84 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 35 | ||||
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 43 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | |||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 44 | 83 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 37 | |||
| 4 | Oxford United | 43 | 77 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 30 | |||
| 5 | 44 | 77 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 31 | ||||
| 6 | 44 | 76 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 39 | ||||
| 7 | 44 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 55 | ||||
| 8 | Millwall | 42 | 73 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 45 | 67 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 44 | |||
| 10 | 42 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 43 | 65 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 44 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 44 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 13 | 43 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 53 | ||||
| 14 | Wrexham | 42 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 54 | |||
| 15 | Newport County | 44 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 51 | |||
| 16 | Hartlepools United | 44 | 55 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 53 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 44 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 57 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 42 | 52 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 49 | |||
| 19 | Barrow | 44 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 28 | 63 | |||
| 20 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 42 | ||||
| 21 | Bradford City | 44 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 52 | |||
| 22 | Halifax Town | 43 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 58 | |||
| 23 | Stockport County | 44 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 50 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 44 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 63 | |||