| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 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 | 20 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | |||
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 19 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | Luton Town | 20 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Barnsley | 19 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 26 | |||
| 9 | Barrow | 19 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 10 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | ||||
| 11 | Stockport County | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 17 | |||
| 12 | Chesterfield | 20 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 13 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| 14 | Notts. County | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | ||||
| 16 | Newport County | 19 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 26 | |||
| 17 | Lincoln City | 20 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Port Vale | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 19 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |||
| 24 | Bradford City | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 30 | |||