| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | |||
| 2 | 30 | 58 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 27 | ||||
| 3 | Colchester United | 31 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | |||
| 4 | 31 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Doncaster Rovers | 30 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 24 | |||
| 6 | Luton Town | 29 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 7 | 27 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| 8 | 29 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 29 | ||||
| 9 | Barrow | 30 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | |||
| 10 | Notts. County | 28 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | |||
| 11 | Stockport County | 29 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 18 | |||
| 12 | 30 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 40 | ||||
| 13 | Chesterfield | 30 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |||
| 14 | Barnsley | 29 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 38 | |||
| 15 | 29 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 38 | ||||
| 16 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 17 | Wrexham | 30 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 45 | |||
| 18 | Bradford City | 28 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 42 | |||
| 19 | Newport County | 27 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 43 | |||
| 20 | Halifax Town | 27 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 31 | |||
| 21 | Aldershot | 30 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 48 | |||
| 22 | Port Vale | 28 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 28 | |||
| 23 | Hartlepools United | 28 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 36 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 29 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 33 | |||