| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 40 | 82 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 32 | |||
| 2 | 42 | 81 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | ||||
| 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 41 | 77 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 34 | |||
| 4 | Oxford United | 42 | 74 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 28 | |||
| 5 | 41 | 74 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 37 | ||||
| 6 | 41 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 31 | ||||
| 7 | Millwall | 39 | 70 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | |||
| 8 | 41 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 52 | ||||
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 43 | 63 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 44 | |||
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 40 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 39 | |||
| 11 | 40 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 41 | 61 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 44 | |||
| 13 | Wrexham | 40 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 54 | |||
| 14 | 41 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 51 | ||||
| 15 | Newport County | 41 | 53 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 47 | |||
| 16 | Aldershot | 42 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 54 | |||
| 17 | Notts. County | 40 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 45 | |||
| 18 | Hartlepools United | 41 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 52 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 41 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 56 | |||
| 20 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 40 | ||||
| 21 | Barrow | 41 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 60 | |||
| 22 | Bradford City | 41 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 50 | |||
| 23 | Lincoln City | 41 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 58 | |||
| 24 | Stockport County | 41 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 50 | |||