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