| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 21 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 22 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 22 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 20 | |||
| 4 | Wrexham | 21 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Bradford City | 21 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 9 | Chesterfield | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | |||
| 10 | Aldershot | 23 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 11 | Brentford | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | |||
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Halifax Town | 21 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 15 | Exeter City | 21 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 22 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | Luton Town | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 29 | |||
| 20 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 26 | ||||
| 21 | Notts. County | 21 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | |||
| 22 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 22 | ||||
| 23 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | |||