| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 23 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 2 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Colchester United | 23 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 22 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 23 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 22 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 9 | Barnsley | 22 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 21 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 22 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 28 | ||||
| 13 | Stockport County | 22 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 14 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 15 | Chesterfield | 22 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 16 | Newport County | 20 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Halifax Town | 20 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 19 | Port Vale | 20 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 20 | Lincoln City | 21 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 22 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 40 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 23 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 24 | Bradford City | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | |||