| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 28 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | |||
| 2 | 26 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 3 | 26 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | Colchester United | 26 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Luton Town | 26 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | |||
| 8 | Barrow | 26 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | |||
| 9 | 26 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | ||||
| 10 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Notts. County | 24 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 12 | Barnsley | 25 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 34 | |||
| 13 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| 14 | Chesterfield | 24 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | |||
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 27 | |||
| 16 | Wrexham | 26 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 36 | |||
| 17 | Newport County | 22 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 31 | |||
| 18 | Stockport County | 25 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 18 | |||
| 19 | Halifax Town | 23 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 28 | |||
| 20 | Port Vale | 24 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 22 | |||
| 21 | Lincoln City | 24 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 27 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepools United | 25 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 34 | |||
| 23 | Bradford City | 23 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 38 | |||
| 24 | Aldershot | 25 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 42 | |||