| 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 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 4 | Colchester United | 19 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Luton Town | 19 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 18 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Barrow | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 9 | Stockport County | 20 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 15 | |||
| 10 | Barnsley | 18 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Notts. County | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 12 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 13 | Newport County | 19 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 19 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | Lincoln City | 19 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 18 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 20 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 32 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 17 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | |||
| 22 | Wrexham | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 18 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Bradford City | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 28 | |||