| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 2 | 20 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Colchester United | 18 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 19 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 17 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Barrow | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 17 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Stockport County | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 18 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 18 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 18 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 17 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| 16 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Port Vale | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 18 | Aldershot | 19 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 30 | |||
| 19 | Lincoln City | 18 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 17 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Crewe Alexandra | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 24 | Bradford City | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 28 | |||