| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 2 | 29 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 23 | ||||
| 3 | 28 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | ||||
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Millwall | 26 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | |||
| 6 | Oxford United | 26 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 16 | |||
| 7 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | ||||
| 9 | 25 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 31 | |||
| 11 | Newport County | 27 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | |||
| 12 | Wrexham | 26 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 34 | |||
| 13 | Notts. County | 27 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 38 | ||||
| 16 | Chesterfield | 25 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Aldershot | 28 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 37 | |||
| 18 | Lincoln City | 28 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 33 | |||
| 19 | Hartlepools United | 27 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 36 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 29 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 43 | |||
| 21 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | Barrow | 28 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 41 | |||
| 23 | Bradford City | 26 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 31 | |||
| 24 | Stockport County | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 37 | |||