| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 23 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Barrow | 23 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 21 | |||
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 5 | Hartlepools United | 22 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | |||
| 6 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | ||||
| 7 | Bradford City | 22 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | |||
| 8 | Aldershot | 24 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 9 | Southend United | 22 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | |||
| 10 | 21 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Brentford | 22 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 25 | |||
| 13 | Newport County | 21 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Exeter City | 22 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Halifax Town | 22 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 16 | Barnsley | 23 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Port Vale | 20 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| 18 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | Luton Town | 23 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 30 | |||
| 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 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| 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 | |||