| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | 24 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | 23 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | Colchester United | 24 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | Luton Town | 24 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |||
| 8 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 9 | Barrow | 23 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 22 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 17 | |||
| 11 | 25 | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 12 | Barnsley | 23 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 14 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 15 | Newport County | 21 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 16 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 27 | ||||
| 17 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 36 | ||||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 21 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 19 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 27 | ||||
| 20 | Port Vale | 22 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 22 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 23 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Bradford City | 21 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 34 | |||
| 24 | Aldershot | 23 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 40 | |||