| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Southend United | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 2 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 12 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Aldershot | 13 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 7 | Hartlepools United | 13 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 8 | Newport County | 13 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | Barrow | 14 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 11 | Bradford City | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
| 12 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 13 | Port Vale | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| 14 | Brentford | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 16 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Exeter City | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Notts. County | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||
| 19 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| 20 | Luton Town | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 21 | Halifax Town | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |||
| 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 23 | Barnsley | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 24 | Lincoln City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |||